生净土即真无生
[257] Birth [In] Pure Land Is The Same As True Non-Birth
此之心性，具无量德。不变随缘，随缘不变。在凡不减，在圣不增。
Of this mind-nature, [it] possesses immeasurable virtues. Unchanging [while] according [with] conditions, according [with] conditions [while] unchanging. In ordinary [beings] not reducing, [and] in noble [beings] not increasing.
由迷悟之不同，致十界之差别。即此十界，一一无非心具心造，心作心是。
Due [to] confusions [and] awakening not [being the] same, [this] leads to differences of [the] ten realms. Thus [are] these ten realms, each [and every] one, without [that] not [in the] mind complete, [by the] mind created, [with what the] mind becomes, [the] mind is.
[Note: The ten realms (十界) are the Ten Dharma Realms (十法界), which are the Six Ordinary Realms (六凡) of (i) Hell Beings (地狱众生), (ii) Hungry Ghosts (饿鬼), (iii) Animals (畜生), (iv) Human Beings (人), (v) Asuras (阿修罗), (vi) Heavenly Beings (天人), and the Four Noble (Enlightened) Realms (四圣) of (vii) Voice-Hearers / Śrāvakas (声闻) / Arhats ([阿]罗汉), (viii) Pratyekabuddhas (辟支佛) / Those By Conditions Awakened (缘觉) / Lone Awakeners (独觉), (ix) Bodhisattvas (菩[提]萨[埵]) and (x) Buddhas (佛[陀]).]
求生西方，即真无生。以生乎心具心造、心作心是之西方，非彼执理废事，空有其名，实无其境之西方也。
[The] seeking [of] birth [in the] Western [Pure Land Of Ultimate Bliss] [西方极乐世界], is the same as true non-birth. With birth in [the] Western [Pure Land] that [is in the] mind complete, [by the] mind created, [with what the] mind becomes, [the] mind is, [this is] not that [with] attachment [to] principles [and] abandonment [of] practices, emptily having its name, truly without that realm of [the] Western [Pure Land].
乃决定生，而无有生相，决定无生，而无有无生之相，之生无生也。
Thus definitely [with] birth, yet not having birth’s form, definitely without birth, yet not having [the] form of non-birth, [with] that birth [and] non-birth.
以信愿念佛，求生于自己心具心造、心作心是之西方，故虽生而无有生相，虽无生而不住无生之相。
With Faith [and] Aspiration mindful [of the] Buddha[‘s name] [i.e. Āmítuófó (阿弥陀佛)], seeking birth in [the] Western [Pure Land] that [is in] one’s mind complete, [by the] mind created, [with what the] mind becomes, [the] mind is, thus although born, yet not having birth’s form, although without birth, yet not abiding [in the] form of non-birth.
此《生无生论》之大旨也。
These [are the] main points of [the] ‘Treatise [On] Birth [And] Non-Birth’.
净土宗十三祖印光大师
Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
《印光法师文钞》（三编）：净土生无生论讲义序；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (Third Compilation): Treatise [On] Birth [And] Non-Birth [In] Pure Land’s Commentary’s Preface;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第两百五十七则）：八、释普通疑惑：论理事（第六则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (257th Short Section): 8th Chapter: Explanations [On] Common Doubts [And] Confusions: Discussion [On] Principles [And] Practices (6th Short Section)
[Ref: #257 / 8.6]
Namo Amituofo : Translation and notes by Shen Shi’an
相关典籍
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《印光大师文钞菁华录》
Record Of Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence
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