[135] 念佛对读书有什么帮助？
[135] Reciting [Āmítuó]fó[’s Name], For Studying Books, Has What Help?
◎ 念佛方能消宿业。业消看书，一览知妙。
◎ [Summary]: Reciting [Āmítuó]fó[’s name (阿弥陀佛) is] then able [to] eliminate past [evil] karmas. [With] karmas eliminated reading books, [with] one overview knowing [their] wonders.
经目略为一阅，不宜看者勾之。即宜看者，亦祈少看。
Passing [the] eyes briefly for one overview, those not suitable [to be] read [are] ticked. Even [of] those suitable [for] reading, [I] also implore less reading [of them].
但以念佛治习消业为事。业消看书，一览知妙。此由约而得之妙法也。
Only with reciting [of Āmítuó]fó[’s name (阿弥陀佛)] curing habits [and] eliminating [evil] karmas as practice, [with] karmas eliminated reading books, [with] one overview knowing [their] wonders. This [is] due [to] that wonderful method concise then attained.
今人根性陋劣，一博则泛漫无依，心绪纷张，难以相应矣。
Nowadays, people [with] root natures crude [and] inferior, once widely reading, then drifting all over the place without [that to] rely on, [with their] minds’ feelings scattered openly, [they are] difficult [to] correspond with [that read].
《复马契西居士书十》
Tenth Reply Letter [To] Layperson Mǎ Qìxī
净土宗十三祖印光大师著
Written [By] 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
传印法师鉴定
Evaluated [By] Dharma Master Chuányìn
Námó Āmítuófó : Translation by Shen Shi’an
