[359] 念佛只图快、图多有什么缺点？
[359] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha [That] Only Seeks [To Recite] Quickly [And] Seeks [To Recite] Many [Chants] Has What Shortcoming?
◎ 图快图多，随口滑读，故无效也。心中念得清楚，口中念得清楚，耳中听得清楚，方可谓为真念佛人。
◎ [Summary]: Seeking [to recite] quickly, seek[ing to recite] many [chants], casually [and unmindfully] skimming [through], thus [makes practice] ineffective. [With the] mind within reciting clearly, mouth within reciting clearly, [and] ears within listening clearly, then can [one be] called as [a] person [with] true mindfulness [of] Buddha.
念佛之人，当恭敬至诚，字字句句，心里念得清清楚楚，口里念得清清楚楚。
Of people mindful [of the] Buddha[‘s name (Āmítuófó: 阿弥陀佛), they] should [have] reverence [with] utmost sincerity, [with] word [by] word, [and] line [by] line, in [the] mind reciting very clearly, in [the] mouth reciting very clearly, [and in the ears listening very clearly].
果能如是，纵不能完全了无妄念，然亦不至过甚。
If really able [to do] thus, even if not able [to be] completely without false thoughts, [they will] however also not go [so far] to [be] excessive.
多有只图快图多，随口滑读，故无效也。
Many are only seeking [to recite] quickly, seeking [to recite] many [chants], casually [and unmindfully] skimming [through], thus [making their practice] ineffective.
若能摄心，方可谓为真念佛人。
If able [to] gather [in the] mind, then can [one be] called as [a] person [with] true mindfulness [of] Buddha.
《复又真师觉三居士书》
Reply Letter [To] Master Yòuzhēn [And] Layperson Juésān
念佛要心中念得清楚，口中念得清楚，耳中听得清楚。
Mindfulness [of] Buddha must [be with the] mind within reciting clearly, mouth within reciting clearly, [and] ears within listening clearly.
从朝至暮念，从朝至暮听。
From dawn till dusk reciting, [and] from dawn till dusk listening.
比贪多贪快，而含糊不清，功效悬殊也。
Compared [with] greedily [reciting] many [chants and] greedily [reciting] quickly, yet vaguely [and] unclearly, [the] effectiveness [is] widely different.
《复唐能诚居士书》
Reply Letter [To] Layperson Táng Néngchéng
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
