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# 阿彌陀經疏 1.12

阿彌陀經疏 1.12

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1760.1.12)

說者悅也，得機而說稱悅。佛懷此經即得彼物機，與彌陀有緣者乃讚彼依正令發願往生，既生彼國則不退轉而終趣菩提稱悅，佛其在此矣。

> 'Spoken' (shuo) means joy (yue). Meeting the receptive capacity and speaking accords with and brings joy to the Buddha's heart. This sūtra met the capacity of those beings who had karmic affinity with Amitābha, and so he praised that land's circumstantial and primary fruitions to cause them to make vows to be reborn there; once born in that land, they will not retrogress and will ultimately advance toward bodhi, bringing joy to the Buddha's heart. This is precisely what it consists in.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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