阿彌陀經要解 1.110

1.110

答：「依一心說信願行，非有先後亦非定三。蓋無願無行不名真信，無行無信不名真願，無信無願不名真行，今全由信願而持名號，故一一聲中信願行三皆悉圓具，所以名多善根福德因緣。《觀經》所謂稱佛名故於念念中除八十億劫生死之罪，此之謂也。若使善根福德不多，安能除罪如此之大。」

Answer: "Faith, aspiration, and practice are spoken of relying on the one mind; they do not have a before and after, nor are they fixedly three. For without aspiration and practice it is not called true faith; without practice and faith it is not called true aspiration; without faith and aspiration it is not called true practice. Now, reciting the name arises entirely from faith and aspiration, so within every single utterance, the three—faith, aspiration, and practice—are all perfectly complete. Therefore, they are called causes and conditions of abundant roots of goodness and merits. This is what the Contemplation Sūtra means when it says that because of reciting the Buddha's name, in thought after thought, the transgressions of eighty koṭis of kalpas of birth and death are eradicated. If roots of goodness and merits were not abundant, how could they eradicate transgressions of such great magnitude?"