[341] 怎样才能做到念佛成片？
[341] How [To] Then [Be] Able [To] Accomplish Reciting [Of Āmítuó]fó[’s Name That] Becomes [A Single] Piece?
◎ 制心不令外驰，久久自会成片。
◎ [Summary]: [With] restraining [of the] mind, not causing [it to] externally chase, for long, [it] naturally will become [a single] piece.
念佛不能纯一，必须制心不令外驰，久久自会纯一。
[When] reciting [Āmítuó]fó[’s name (阿弥陀佛), if] not able [to be] purely singular, [there] must [be] restraining [of the] mind, not causing [it to] externally chase. For long, [it] naturally will [be] purely singular.
成片者，纯一无杂之谓也。
Of that called becoming [a single] piece, [it is] purely singular without [that] mixed.
《复马契西居士书四》
Fourth 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
