陀羅尼雜集 4.18

4.18

一時佛在瞻波大城伽伽靈池，與大比丘眾五百人俱。爾時世尊告諸比丘：「今當為汝演說西方安樂世界，今現有佛號阿彌陀，若有四眾能正受持彼佛名號，以此功德臨欲終時，阿彌陀即與大眾往此人所令其得見。見已尋生慶悅倍增功德，以是因緣，所生之處永離胞胎穢欲之形，純處鮮妙寶蓮華中自然化生，具大神通光明赫奕。爾時十方恒沙諸佛，皆共讚彼安樂世界，所有佛法不可思議，神通現化種種方便不可思議。若有能信如是之事，當知是人不可思議，所得業報亦不可思議。阿彌陀佛與聲聞俱如來應正遍知，其國號曰清泰。聖王所住其城縱廣十千由旬，於中充滿剎利之種。阿彌陀佛如來應正遍知，父名月上轉輪聖王，其母名曰殊勝妙顏，子名月明，奉事弟子名無垢稱、智慧弟子名曰賢光、神足精懃名曰大化。爾時魔王名曰無勝，有提婆達多名曰寂靜。阿彌陀佛與大比丘六萬人俱，若有受持彼佛名號，堅固其心憶念不忘，十日十夜除捨散亂，精懃修集念佛三昧，知彼如來常恒住於安樂世界，憶念相續勿令斷絕。受持讀誦此鼓音聲王大陀羅尼，十日十夜六時專念，五體投地禮敬彼佛，堅固正念悉除散亂。若能令心念念不絕，十日之中必得見彼阿彌陀佛，并見十方世界如來及所住處，唯除重障鈍根之人，於今少時所不能覩。一切諸善皆悉迴向，願得往生安樂世界，垂終之日阿彌陀佛與諸大眾現其人前安慰稱善，是人即時甚生慶悅。以是因緣，如其所願尋得往生。」佛告諸比丘：「何等名為鼓音聲王大陀羅尼？吾今當說？汝等善聽。」「唯然受教。」於時世尊即說呪曰：

At one time the Buddha was staying by the Gaggara sacred pool at the great city of Campā, together with an assembly of five hundred great monks. At that time the World-Honoured One addressed the monks: “I shall now expound for you the Western Realm of Peace and Bliss. There is currently a buddha named Amitābha. If there are members of the fourfold assembly who can properly uphold the name of that buddha, by virtue of this merit, when their lives are about to end, Amitābha, together with a great assembly, will go to their location and allow them to behold him. Having seen him, they will immediately experience joy and celebration, doubling their merit. Through this cause and condition, the place where they are reborn will be forever separated from the foul, lustful form of the womb; they will be spontaneously transformed and born purely within a fresh and wondrous jeweled lotus blossom, possessing great supernormal powers and radiant, blazing light. At that time, all the buddhas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges in the ten directions jointly praise that Realm of Peace and Bliss, for all its buddha-dharma is inconceivable, and its supernormal manifestations and various skillful means are inconceivable. If there are those who can believe in such things, you should know that these people are inconceivable, and the karmic retribution they obtain is also inconceivable. Amitābha Buddha is accompanied by śrāvakas, a Tathāgata, Arhat, and Samyaksambuddha. His realm is named Pure Serenity. The city where the sacred king resides is ten thousand yojanas in length and breadth, filled within with the kṣatriya lineage. Amitābha Buddha, the Tathāgata, Arhat, and Samyaksambuddha, has a father named Candrottara, a wheel-turning sacred king; his mother is named Utpala-vaktra; his son is named Candramukha; his attendant disciple is named Vimalakīrti; his disciple foremost in wisdom is named Bhadraprabha; and the one foremost in supernormal powers and diligent effort is named Mahāvibhūti. At that time, the demon king is named Aparājita, and there is a Devadatta named Śānta. Amitābha Buddha is accompanied by sixty thousand great monks. If someone upholds that buddha's name, steadfastly makes up their mind, and recollects it without forgetting, abandoning distraction for ten days and ten nights, diligently cultivating and gathering the buddha-recollection samādhi, knowing that that Tathāgata perpetually abides in the Realm of Peace and Bliss, keeping recollection continuous without letting it be severed; and if they uphold, read, and recite this Great Dhāraṇī of the King of the Sound of the Drum, single-mindedly recollecting during the six periods of the day and night for ten days and ten nights, casting the five limbs to the ground in worship of that buddha, establishing steadfast right mindfulness and eliminating all distraction—if they can make their mind continuous thought after thought without interruption, within ten days they will surely see that Amitābha Buddha, and see the Tathāgatas of the worlds of the ten directions along with their abodes, only excepting those with heavy obscurations and dull faculties who cannot behold them in this brief time. Dedicating all wholesome roots, they vow to attain rebirth in the Realm of Peace and Bliss. On the day of their death, Amitābha Buddha, together with the great assemblies, will manifest before them, consoling them and praising them, and this person will immediately experience immense joy and celebration. Through this cause and condition, according to their vow, they will soon attain rebirth.” The Buddha addressed the monks: “What is called the Great Dhāraṇī of the King of the Sound of the Drum? I shall now speak it. Listen well!” “We shall faithfully accept your teaching.” At that time the World-Honoured One spoke the mantra: