[372] 念佛与看书有什么不同？
[372] Reciting [Āmítuó]fó[’s Name] And Reading Books Have What Differences?
◎ 看书与念佛两不相同。念佛是正行。念佛之要，在「都摄六根，净念相继」。欲都摄六根，只长听自念之佛声，则得之矣。
◎ [Summary]: Reading books and reciting [Āmítuó]fó[’s name are] both not [the] same [as] each other. Reciting [Āmítuó]fó[’s name (阿弥陀佛)] is [the] Main Practice. [The] essential of reciting [Āmítuó]fó[’s name, is] is ‘gathering all six roots, [with] pure mindfulness [in] continuous succession’. [If] desiring [to] gather all six roots, only [with] long listening [to] one’s own reciting of [the] Buddha’s [name’s] sound, then attaining [it].
一心念佛，又不可专事阅览。念佛是正行，行路等何必看书，只好念佛。
[For] wholehearted mindfulness [of] Buddha, [there] also must not [be] focus [on the] practice [of] reading. [As] reciting [Āmítuó]fó[’s name (阿弥陀佛)] is [the] Main Practice, [when] travelling [and] others, why must [there be] reading? [They are] only good [for] reciting [Āmítuó]fó[’s name].
看书与念佛两不相同。念佛行住坐卧都好念，看书，非凝神静虑，不得其义意。
Reading books and reciting [Āmítuó]fó[’s name are] both not [the] same [as] each other. [On] reciting [Āmítuó]fó[’s name, when] walking, standing, sitting [and] lying down, all are] good [for] mindfulness. [On] reading books, [if] not [with] concentrated attention [for] quiet contemplation, not attaining their meanings.
念佛之要，在「都摄六根，净念相继」。欲都摄六根，只长听自念之佛声，则得之矣。
[The] essential of reciting [Āmítuó]fó[’s name, is] in ‘gathering all six roots, [with] pure mindfulness [in] continuous succession’. [If] desiring [to] gather all six roots, only [with] long listening [to] one’s own reciting of [the] Buddha’s [name’s] sound, then attaining [it].
《复常逢春居士书五》
Fifth Reply Letter [To] Layperson Cháng Féngchūn
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
