佛忆何为？
What Is The Buddha’s Recollection For?
【问（一）】
[Question (1)]
十方如来，怜念众生，
如母忆子。若子逃逝，虽忆何为？
[The] ten directions’ Thus Come [Ones, are] sympathetically mindful [of] sentient beings, like [a] mother recollecting [her] child. If [the] child runs away, although [there is] recollection, what [would it be] for?
【答（一）】
[Answer (1)]
子若忆母，如母忆时，
母子历生，不相违远。
[The] child, [if] recollecting [the] mother, like when [the] mother recollects, [the] mother [and] child, passing through life, [will] not be far apart [from] each other.
大势至菩萨
Great Power Arrived Bodhisattva
《大佛顶首楞严经大势至菩萨念佛圆通章》
The Great Buddha Crown’s Śūraṅgama Sūtra’s Section On Great Power Arrived Bodhisattva’s Perfect Penetration With Mindfulness Of Buddha
伸手偈
Verses On His Extended Hand
【问（二）】
[Question (2)]
佛念众生，如母忆子。
若子逃逝，虽忆何为？
Āmítuófó’s mindfulness of sentient beings, is like a mother recollecting her child. If the child runs away, although there is recollection, what would it be for?
【答（二）】
[Answer (2)]
子一忆母，即得感应。
所以弥陀，常伸慈手。
For the child, once recollecting the mother, to immediately attain connection for response. Therefore, does Āmítuófó, constantly extend his compassionate hand.
相关经典
Related Sūtra:
《大佛顶首楞严经大势至菩萨念佛圆通章》
The Great Buddha Crown’s Śūraṅgama Sūtra’s Section On Great Power Arrived Bodhisattva’s Perfect Penetration With Mindfulness Of Buddha
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相关教理
Related Teachings:
念佛圆通偈
Verses On Mindfulness Of Buddha’s Perfect Penetration
https://purelanders.com/2025/11/18/verses-on-mindfulness-of-buddha
