陀羅尼雜集 4.20

4.20

「此是阿彌陀鼓音聲王大陀羅尼。若有比丘比丘尼、清信士女，常應至誠受持讀誦、如說修行。行此持法當處閑寂，洗浴其身著新淨衣，飲食白素不噉酒肉及以五辛，常修梵行，以好香華供養阿彌陀如來，及佛道場大菩薩眾。常應如是專心繫念，發願求生安樂世界，精懃不怠，如其所願必得往生於彼佛世界。時阿彌陀佛與諸大眾坐寶蓮華，其土叢林華菓鮮敷間錯嚴飾，復有樹王香風馥扇出和雅音，純說無上不思議法。復有妙香名曰光明，若干塗香亦是寶香。阿彌陀佛於大寶華結跏趺坐。有二菩薩，一名觀世音、二名大勢至，是二菩薩侍立左右，無數菩薩周匝圍遶。於此眾中若能深信無狐疑者，必得往生阿彌陀國。其地真金，七寶蓮華自然踊出。若有四眾受持讀誦彼佛名號，乃至無有水火毒藥刀杖之怖，亦復無有夜叉等怖，除有過去重罪業障，極至七生必果所願。」佛說是阿彌陀鼓音聲王陀羅尼時，無量眾生皆悉發願，志求生彼極樂世界。於時世尊讚言：「善哉善哉！如汝所願必得生彼。」聞佛說已，天龍八部歡喜踊躍，作禮奉行。

“This is the Great Dhāraṇī of the King of the Sound of Amitābha's Drum. If there are monks, nuns, upāsakas, or upāsikās, they should always uphold, read, recite, and practice according to this teaching with utmost sincerity. When practicing this method of upholding, one should abide in quietude, bathe one's body, put on fresh, clean clothes, eat pure vegetarian food, not consume alcohol, meat, or the five pungent roots, constantly cultivate pure conduct, and make offerings to Amitābha Tathāgata and the assembly of great bodhisattvas in the Buddha's bodhimaṇḍa with fine incense and flowers. One should always focus one's mind in this way, bind one's recollection, make a vow seeking rebirth in the Realm of Peace and Bliss, and be diligent without negligence; according to one's vow, one will surely attain rebirth in that buddha's realm. At that time Amitābha Buddha sits upon a jeweled lotus flower together with the great assembly; in that land, groves of flowers and fruits bloom freshly, adorned in variegated patterns; furthermore, there are king-of-trees from which fragrant breezes billow forth, producing harmonious, elegant sounds that exclusively expound the unsurpassed, inconceivable Dharma. There is also a wondrous fragrance named Light, as well as various scented pastes that are also jeweled incense. Amitābha Buddha sits cross-legged upon a great jeweled flower. There are two bodhisattvas: the first is named Avalokiteśvara, and the second is named Mahāsthāmaprāpta. These two bodhisattvas stand in attendance to his left and right, surrounded all around by countless bodhisattvas. If anyone within this assembly can have deep faith without suspicion, they will surely attain rebirth in Amitābha's realm. Its ground is of real gold, and seven-jeweled lotus flowers spontaneously well up. If there are members of the fourfold assembly who uphold, read, and recite that buddha's name, they will not even have the terrors of water, fire, poison, swords, and staves, nor will they have the terrors of yakṣas and the like; except for past heavy sins and karmic obscurations, within at most seven lifetimes their vow will surely be fulfilled.” When the Buddha spoke this Dhāraṇī of the King of the Sound of Amitābha's Drum, immeasurable sentient beings all made vows, aspiring to seek rebirth in that Realm of Ultimate Bliss. At that time the World-Honoured One praised them, saying: “Excellent, excellent! As you have vowed, you shall surely be born there.” Having heard the Buddha's discourse, the eight classes of devas, nāgas, and others rejoiced exceedingly, made obeisance, and carried it into practice.