[280] 为什么临终闻法念佛也能往生?
[280] Why Approaching [Life’s] End Hearing [The] Dharma [On] Reciting [Āmítuó]fó’s [Name Is] Also Able [To Be] Reborn [In His Pure Land]?
◎ 由阿弥陀佛四十八愿中十念称名因缘，平素不念佛人，临终善友开示，一心念佛，或止念上十声即命终，亦得往生。
◎ [Summary]: Due [to] Āmítuófó’s forty-eight vows within, [if with] ten thoughts [of] recitation [of his] name’s cause [and] condition, [even] people usually not mindful [of the] Buddha, approaching [life’s] end [with] good friends’ guidance, [with] wholehearted mindfulness [of the] Buddha, perhaps only [having] recited up [to] ten recitations, then [with] life ending, [they will] also attain rebirth [in his Pure Land].
念佛之人，若是一心念佛，不念世间家业儿女，决定可以蒙佛慈力，接引往生。
Of people reciting [Āmítuó]fó’s [name (阿弥陀佛)], if [they] are wholeheartedly mindful [of the] Buddha, not mindful [of] worldly properties, [businesses], sons [and] daughters, [they] definitely can receive [the] Buddha’s compassionate power, [to be] received [and] guided [for] rebirth [in his Pure Land].
无论修持久近，乃至临终始得善友开示，一心念佛，或止念上十声即命终，亦得往生。
Regardless [of having] practice long [or] recent, and even [only when] approaching [life’s] end, then attaining good friends’ guidance, [with] wholehearted mindfulness [of the] Buddha, perhaps only [having] recited up [to] ten recitations, then [with] life ending, [they will] also attain rebirth [in his Pure Land].
以阿弥陀佛四十八愿中，第十八愿云：「若有众生，闻我名号，至心信乐，求生我国，乃至十念，若不生者，不取正觉。」
With Āmítuófó’s forty-eight vows within, [his] eighteenth vow says, ‘If [there] are sentient beings, [who] hear my name, [with the] sincere mind [and] joyful faith, seeking birth [in] my land, and even [with] ten thoughts [i.e. mindful recitations], if [there are] those not born, [I shall] not obtain Right Awakening.’
由此因缘，平素不念佛人，临终善友开示，大家助念，亦可往生。
Due [to] these causes [and] conditions, [even] people usually not mindful [of the] Buddha, [when] approaching [life’s] end, [with] good friends’ guidance, [and] everyone’s support-chanting, [they] also can [be] reborn [in his Pure Land].
[Note: Offering of guidance (开示) is to concisely explain why there should be sincere mindfulness of Buddha, so as to give rise to Faith and Aspiration (信愿), the first two of the Three Provisions (三资粮): https://purelanders.com/2018/02/08/the-three-provisions.
Offering of support-chanting (助念) is to show and encourage sincere mindfulness of Buddha till there is connection, to be received and guided by him to reach his Pure Land. This is to give rise to Practice (行), the third provision. For detailed steps, see https://purelanders.com/now.]
《一切念佛人往生及不往生之证据》
Proof Of All People [With] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha [Being] Reborn And Not Reborn [In] Pure Land
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》
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Answers [For] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha’s 600 Questions
释宗柱法师审阅
[By] Dharma Master Shì Zōngzhù Reviewed
Namo Amituofo : Translation and notes by Shen Shi’an
完整教理
Complete Teachings:
《一切念佛人往生及不往生之证据》
Proof Of All People With Mindfulness Of Buddha Being Reborn And Not Reborn In Pure Land
https://purelanders.com/zhengju
