[37]《大势至菩萨念佛圆通章》的要义是什么？
[37] What Is [The] Essential Meaning [Of The] Section [On] Great Power Arrived Bodhisattva’s Perfect Penetration [With] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha?
◎「都摄六根，净念相继，得三摩地，斯为第一。」
◎ [Summary]: ‘Gathering all six roots, [with] pure mindfulness [in] continuous succession, [to] attain samādhi, this is [the] foremost.’
《楞严经》大势至菩萨云：「都摄六根，净念相继，得三摩地，斯为第一。」注重在听。
[In the] Śūraṅgama Sūtra, Great Power Arrived Bodhisattva said, ‘Gathering all six roots, [with] pure mindfulness [in] continuous succession, [to] attain samādhi, this is [the] foremost.’ [The] emphasis [is] on listening.
「六根」，即眼、耳、鼻、舌、身、意。心，即意根。口，即舌根。听，即耳根。
[The] ‘six roots’ [are] thus [the] eye, ear, nose, tongue, body [and] mind. [The] mind [is] thus [the] consciousness root. [The] mouth [is] thus [the] tongue root. Listening [is] thus [the] ear root.
心念、口念、耳听，此三根一摄，眼也不会东张西望，鼻也不会闻别的气味，身也不敢放逸懈怠，故名「都摄六根」。
[With the] mind mindful, [the] mouth reciting, [and the] ears listening, these three roots [at] once gathered, [the] eyes also will not [to the] East look [and to the] West gaze, [the] nose also will not smell other smells, [and the] body also [will] not dare [to be] lax [and] lazy, thus named [as] ‘gathering all six roots’.
[Note: If there is no verbal recitation (称念); only having silent (mental) recitation (默念), the physical mouth will not be functioning, thus only gathering the two roots (of the mind and ears), to gather the other four roots. As the tongue root (舌根) is usually used for tasting, it can also be said to be not functioning when reciting, which does not involve tasting that recited.]
「都摄六根」而念，自无污杂妄念，故名「净念」。「净念」，必须要常常相继不断，故名「净念相继」。能「净念相继」，久而久之，则得念佛三昧。
‘Gathering all six roots’ then mindful, [is] naturally without defiled, mixed [and] false thoughts, thus named [as] ‘pure mindfulness’. ‘Pure mindfulness’ must frequently [be with] one [thought] after another unceasing, thus named [as] ‘pure mindfulness [in] continuous succession’. [When] able [to have] ‘pure mindfulness [in] continuous succession’, gradually over time, then attains Mindfulness [Of] Buddha’s Samādhi [i.e. Sānmèi: meditative concentration].
此「都摄六根，净念相继」。为得三昧之第一妙法。故云：「得三摩地，斯为第一。」「三摩地」，即三昧之别名。
This ‘gathering all six roots, [with] pure mindfulness [in] continuous succession’, is [the] foremost wonderful method of attaining samādhi. Thus saying, ‘[to] attain samādhi, this is [the] foremost.’ ‘Samādhi’ [is] thus [the] other name of sānmèi.
如此念之，决有「净念」常存，妄念全无之一日。
Like this mindful [of] it, definitely having [the] one day of [having] ‘pure mindfulness’ constantly retained, completely without false thoughts.
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净土宗十三祖印光大师
Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
《印光法师答念佛600问》
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释宗柱法师审阅
[By] Dharma Master Shì Zōngzhù Reviewed
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相关经典
Related Sūtras:
《大势至菩萨念佛圆通章》
Section On Great Power Arrived Bodhisattva’s Perfect Penetration With Mindfulness Of Buddha
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