可说偈Verses [On What] Can [Be] Spoken 离经一字，可成魔说。佛言祖语，不可误说。 [What] departs [from a] sūtra [by] one word, can become [what] Māra says. [The] Buddha’s words [and the]...
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Verse On First Attaining 先得偈
先得偈Verse [On] First Attaining 以佛果地觉，为我因地心。仗佛大他力，引导小自力。 With [the] Buddha’s fruition ground’s awakening, as my causal ground’s mind. Relying [on the]...
Verses On Being Complete 具足偈
具足偈Verses [On Being] Complete 阿弥陀佛，早已具足，多善根因，多福德缘。 Āmítuófó [is] already long complete [with] much good roots [as the] cause, [and] much blessed virtues [as the] condition...
Verses On Real Transgression 真罪偈
真罪偈Verses [On] Real Transgression 念佛往西生，不怕罪孽深；唯怕信心浅，而愿行不真。 [For] mindfulness [of] Buddha [to be] reborn [in the] Western [Pure Land], not [to be] feared [is having] transgressions...
Verses On Constant Compliance With Precepts For Mindfulness Of Buddha 恒顺持戒念佛偈
持戒偈Verses [On] Upholding Precepts 初学持戒，即为止恶， 即戒三毒，贪嗔与痴。 First learn [to] uphold [the] precepts, [that] are for stopping evil, [which] is [to] abstain [from the] Three Poisons...
[35] Record Of The Good Doctor Who Also Encouraged Mindfulness Of The Unsurpassable Great King Of Healers 良医劝念无上大医王记
◎ 清 • 沈中旭Qīng [Dynasty’s] Shěn Zhōngxù 沈中旭，字启白，吴县人。少豪宕，急人之难。既而以医名，益喜施。贫者，不取药直，或与之钱粟。Shěn Zhōngxù, [with his] style [name] Qǐbái, [was a] Wúxiàn person. [When] young, [he...
[34] Record Of The Old Woman Who Did Not Pay Attention To A Hundred Matters 百不管老媪记
◎ 清 • 百不管老媪Qīng [Dynasty’s] Old Woman [Who Did] ‘Not Pay Attention [To A] Hundred [Matters]’ 百不管老媪，失其姓，杭州人。尝问于孝慈庵道源和尚曰：「修何法门，一生决离苦海？」 [The] old woman [who did]...
Why Do Some Cry When Hearing Āmítuófó’s Name? 为何有些人在闻到阿弥陀佛名号时会落泪？
Question: Why do some of us automatically tear upon hearing Āmítuófó’s name (阿弥陀佛)? Answer: The answer is in a related section of the ‘Sūtra In Which The Buddha Speaks...
[33] Record Of All Reborn In Pure Land Being Magnificent And Youthful 往生净土者皆具庄严童相记
◎ 民国 • 朱氏（媳）People’s Republic [Of China’s] Zhū Shì ([And Her] Daughter-In-Law) 朱氏，适章姓。自幼即敬奉观音大士，深信因果，孝慈乐善。 Zhū Shì followed Zhāng [as her] surname [after marriage]...
Verses On Main And Supportive Practices 正助偈
正助偈Verses [On] Main [And] Supportive [Practices] 正行即念佛，应最精进依。其余即助行，多少因人异。 [As the] Main Practice is mindfulness [of] Buddha, [it] should [be] most diligently relied [on for...