Translations

[325] Books That Affirm Right Views, With Sūtra Teachings Confirming One Another 正见坚固,经教互证之书

《高僧传》初、二、三、四集,《居士传》、《比丘尼传》、《善女人传》、《净土圣贤录》

[On] ‘High Monastics’ Biographies’ First, Second, Third [and] Fourth Collections’, ‘Laypersons’ Biographies’, ‘Bhikṣuṇīs’ Biographies’, ‘Good Women’s Biographies’ and ‘Record [Of] Pure Land’s Noble Sages’,

(共有三编,初编系清乾隆间彭际清居士,饬其侄希涑所辑。

([This] together has three compilations. [The] First Compilation was [in the] Qīng [Dynasty’s Emperor] Qiánlóng’s reign, [by] layperson Péng Jìqīng, [who] directed his nephew Xīsù, that compiled.

续编,系道光末,莲归居士胡珽所辑。

[The] Second Compilation was [in Emperor] Dàoguāng’s ending [years, by] layperson Liánguī, Hú Tǐng, that compiled.

三编,系民二十年后德森法师所辑。编者敬注),

[The] Third Compilation was twenty years later, [by] Dharma Master Désēn, that compiled. [By the] compiler-editor respectfully annotated),

皆记古德之嘉言懿行。

all record [the] excellent words [and] good actions [of] ancient virtuous [ones].

阅之,自有欣欣向荣之心,断不至有得少为足,与卑劣自处之失。

Reading them, naturally having [the] mind that joyfully thrives, absolutely not reaching [the] faults of having little attained [assumed] as enough, with [that] inferior [and] lowly personally dwelling.

《宏明集》、《广宏明集》、《镡津文集》、《折疑论》、《护法论》、《三教平心论》、《续原教论》、《一乘决疑论》,皆护教之书。

[On ‘The] Propagation [And] Clarification Collection’, ‘[The] Expanded Propagation [And] Clarification Collection’, ‘Tánjīn’s Collected Works’, ‘Doubt-Breaking Treatise’, ‘Dharma Protection Treatise’, ‘Three Teachings’ Fair-Minded Treatise’, ‘Continuation [Of] Original Teachings’ Treatise’, ‘One Vehicle’s Doubt-Resolution Treatise’, all [are] books that protect [the] teachings.

阅之,则不被魔外所惑,而摧彼邪见城垒矣。

Reading them, then not by demons outside those confused, then destroying those evil views’ city’s base.

此等诸书,阅之,能令正见坚固,能与经教互相证明。

[With] all these kinds [of] books, reading them, [they are] able [to] lead right views [to be] firm, [and] able [to be] with [the] sūtras’ teachings confirming one another.

且勿谓一心阅经,置此等于不问。则差别知见不开,遇敌或受挫辱耳。

Moreover, [do] not say [that with] wholehearted reading [of the] sūtras, [you can] set aside these kinds [of books], with [them] not paid attention [to]. Then, [with] differences [in] knowledge [and] views not clarified, [when] meeting enemies, perhaps receiving humiliation only.

Namo Amituofo : Translation by Shen Shi’an

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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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