由医身病，而愈心病
[313] Due [To] Curing Physical Sicknesses, Then Healing Mental Sicknesses
佛为大医王，普治众生身心等病。
[The] Buddha is [the] Great Healing King, [who] universally cures sentient beings’ physical, mental [and] other sicknesses.
世间医士，只能医身，纵令着手成春，究于其人神识结果，了无所益也。
[The] world’s doctors, [are] only able [to] cure [the] body, even if [with] ‘setting out becoming spring’ [i.e. seemingly able to ‘restore’ life], [for] examining of those persons’ consciousnesses’ outcomes, [they are] completely without those benefitted.
[Note 1: Of course, proper medical advice should also be responsibly and reasonably (but not overly) sought for care when sick, to expedite healing, unless confirmed to be unnecessary or too late.]
汝既皈依三宝，发菩提心，为人治病，则当于医身病时，兼寓医心病法。何以言之？
You, [having] already taken refuge [in the] Triple Gem, [and] given rise [to the] Bodhi Mind, for others curing sicknesses, then when curing physical sicknesses, [should] simultaneously dwell [in] curing mental sicknesses’ methods. Why say this?
凡属危险大病，多由宿世现生杀业而得。
All [with those] belonging [to] dangerous great sicknesses, [are] mostly due [to] past lives’ [and the] present life’s killing karmas then obtained.
而有病之人，必须断绝房事，方可速愈。
Then, those people having [these] sicknesses, must sever [from] sexual intercourse. Then can [they] quickly heal.
欲灭宿现杀业，必须戒杀吃素，又复至诚念佛，及念观音，则必可速愈，且能培德而种善根。
Desiring [to] eliminate past [and] present killing karmas, [they] must abstain [from] killing [and] eat [as] veg[etari]ans. Also again, [with] utmost sincere mindfulness [of the] Buddha[’s name] [i.e. Āmítuófó (阿弥陀佛)], and mindfulness [of] Contemplator [Of The World’s] Sounds [Bodhisattva’s name] [i.e. Guānshìyīn Púsà (观世音菩萨)], then can [there] definitely [be] quick healing, moreover able [to] cultivate virtues and plant good roots.
[Note 2: For practice, mindfulness of Āmítuófó’s name will do for healing, as he already is the ‘Unsurpassable King Of Healers’ (无上大医王), although those who habitually associate Guānshìyīn Bodhisattva more with healing can practise with her name too.]
[Note 3: See too, the first Related Article below, on the need to shift priorities to aspire only for reaching Pure Land if severely sick, to the point of possibly already dying. See too, the second Related Article on when it is best to only practise mindfulness of Āmítuófó’s name, with the straightforward mind.]
傥怨业病，除此治法，断难痊愈。
If resenting karmic sicknesses, [yet] eliminating these curing methods [above, it will] definitely [be] difficult [to have] complete healing.
其人，与其家父母妻子，望愈心急，未必不肯依从。
These people, with their families’ fathers [and] mothers, wives [and] children, hoping [for] healing [with] minds anxious, not necessarily [will] not [be] willing [to] comply.
傥肯依从，则便种出世善根，从兹生正信心，后或由此了生脱死、超凡入圣，则于彼于汝均有大益。
If willing [to] comply, thus then planting world-transcending good roots. From this giving rise [to the] right faithful mind, later perhaps due [to] this, liberating [from the cycle of] birth [and] death, transcending [the] ordinary [to] enter [the] noble. Then, for them [and] for you, all [will] have great benefits.
至于断欲一事，当以为治病第一要法。无论内证外证，病未十分复原，万不可沾染房事。
As for severing desires, [this] one practice, [they] should [be] with [it] as [the] foremost essential Dharma [Door for] curing sicknesses. Regardless [of] inner illnesses [or] outer illnesses, [with] sicknesses yet [to be] fully recovered [from, there] absolutely must not [be] contamination [and] defilement [by having] sexual intercourse.
（《正编文钞·寿康宝鉴序》文，专治此病，宜详阅之。编者敬注）
([As the] ‘First Compilation’s Collected Writings’ Longevity [And] Health’s Treasure Mirror’s Preface’s text, focuses [on] curing these sicknesses, [there] should [be] detailed reading [of] it. [By the] editor respectfully annotated.)
一染房事，小病成大，大病或致立死。或不即死，已种必死之因，欲其不死，亦甚难甚难。
Once defiled [by] sexual intercourse, small sicknesses [can] become great, [and] great sicknesses [can] perhaps lead [to] immediate death. Perhaps not immediately dying, already planting [the] cause of definite death. Desiring them [to] not die, [is] also extremely difficult, extremely difficult.
纵令不死，或成孱弱废人，决难保其康健。不知自己不善摄养，反说医生无真本事。
Even if not dying, perhaps becoming weak [and] useless persons, [with] definite difficulties [of] preserving their health. Not knowing themselves [to be] not good [at] gathering nutrition, instead saying doctors [are] without true skills.
无论男女（处女、寡妇不宜说，余俱无碍），均当侃侃凿凿，说其利害，俾彼病易愈，而汝名亦因兹而彰。
Regardless [of] men [or] women ([for] virgins [and] widows, not suitable [for] speaking, [with] others together without obstruction), [to] all, [there] should [be, with] composed fervour [and] assurance, truthfully speaking [on the] benefits [and] harms, so that their sicknesses [can] easily heal. Then, your fame [will] also because [of] this, then [become] clear.
每每医生只知治病，不说病忌，况肯令人改过迁善，以培德积福乎？
Often, doctors only knowing [about] curing sicknesses, [do] not speak [of] sicknesses’ prohibitions, moreover [with] willingness [to] lead others [to] correct faults [and] change [to do] good, with cultivation [of] virtues [and] accumulation [of] blessings?
此是市井唯利是图之负贩心行，非寿世济人之心行。
This is carrying [goods for] trading, [the] mental activities of merchants, only [for] profit having scheming, not [the] mental activities of [those] benefitting [the] world [and] aiding people.
况能令人因病而得生入圣贤之域，没归极乐之邦之无上利益乎？
Moreover, [if] able [to] lead people, because [of] sicknesses, [to] then attain birth [to] enter [the] region of noble [and] virtuous [ones, at] the end, [to] return [to the] unsurpassable benefits [of the] country [of] Ultimate Bliss?
古人云：「不为良相，必为良医。」是以称医士曰大国手。
Ancient persons say, ‘[If] not as [a] good prime minister, definitely as [a] good doctor.’ Therefore, [those] called doctors [are] called great national talents.
世间医士之名已高极，若兼以佛法，则藉此以度众生，行菩萨道，实为一切各业中最要之业。
[With] fame of [the] world’s doctors already utmost high, if simultaneously with [the] Buddha’s teachings, then thereby with [this] delivering sentient beings, practising [the] Bodhisattva path, [this] truly is [the] most essential of all occupations.
以人于病时，得闻不专求利，志期利人，发菩提心之医士所说，必能令病即愈，自不能不生正信依行也。
With people when in sicknesses, attaining hearing [of] that spoken [by] doctors, [who do] not focus [on] seeking profit, [who] aspire [and] hope [to] benefit others, [and have] given rise [to] Bodhi Mind, [they are] definitely able [to] cause [their] sicknesses [to] then heal, personally not [be] able [to] not give rise [to] right faith [to] accordingly practise.
欲人取信，切不可计谢礼多寡而生分别。傥富者认真为医，贫者只应酬了事，久之，人皆以谋利而轻之。则所说利人之话，人亦不信从矣。
Desiring people [to] obtain trust, [there] absolutely must not [be with] calculating [of] gifts as thanks’ amounts, then giving rise [to] differentiation. If [for] those rich, earnest as doctors, [and for] those poor, only dealt with [for] getting over [their] matters, over a long time, people [will] all [be] with [them] making profit then slight them. Then [with] those words that [are] spoken [to] benefit people, people also [will] not believe [and] follow [them].
又须遇父言慈，遇子言孝，兄友弟恭，夫和妇顺，主仁铺忠，与因果报应之通三世（过去、现在、未来），生死轮回之经六道。
Also, [there] must [be, when] meeting fathers, speaking [on] loving-kindness, meeting children, speaking [on] filiality, [to] elder brothers [and sisters on] affection, [to] younger brothers [and sisters on] respect, [to] husbands [on] harmony, [to] wives [on] agreeability, [to] masters [on] benevolence, [and to] servants [on] loyalty. And [on] cause [and] effect’s retribution [and rewards], that connect [the] three periods (past, present [and] future), [with] births [and] deaths [in] rebirth, that go through [the] six paths.
[Note 4: Six paths (六道): (i) hell path (地狱道), (ii) hungry ghost path (饿鬼道), (iii) animal path (畜生道), (iv) human path (人道), (v) asura path (阿修罗道), (vi) heavenly path (天道).]
有可语者，不妨以有意作无意之闲谈，使闻者渐渐开通心地。知生死轮回之可畏，幸了生脱死之有法。能如是者，诚可谓「即世间法，以行佛法，由医身病，而愈心病」。
[If there are] those [who] can [be] spoken [to], there is no harm, with having intentions starting chats that [are] without intentions, [to] enable hearers [to] gradually open up [their] mind grounds. [To] know that births [and] deaths [in] rebirth [are] dreadful, [and how] fortunate [it is, that there] is [a] Dharma [Door for] liberating [from the cycle of] birth [and] death. Those able [to do] thus, truly can [be] called, ‘Immediately [with] worldly Dharma, with practice [of the] Buddha’s teachings, due [to] curing physical sicknesses, then healing mental sicknesses.’
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》（续编）：与马星樵书；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (Second Compilation): Letter For Mǎ Xīngqiáo;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第三百十三则）：九、谕在家善信：乙、勖居尘学道（第八则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (313rd Short Section): 9th [Chapter]: Instructions For Householders [To Be] Good And Faithful: Second, Enjoinment [Of Those] Dwelling [In The] Dusts [To] Learn [The] Path (8th Short Section)
[Ref: #313 / 9.2.8]
Namo Amituofo : Translation by Shen Shi’an
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