阿彌陀經要解 1.8

1.8

第五教相者，此是大乘菩薩藏攝，又是無問自說，徹底大慈之所加持，能令末法多障有情依斯徑登不退。故雖經法滅盡之後，仍以悲心弘願特留此經住世百年，廣度含識。譬如阿伽陀藥萬病總持，絕待圓融不可思議。《華嚴》之奧藏、《法華》之祕髓，一切諸佛之心要、菩薩萬行之司南，皆不出於此矣。設欲廣為歎述，窮劫莫盡，有智者自當知之。

Fifth, explaining the characteristics of the teaching: This [sūtra] is subsumed within the Mahāyāna Bodhisattva Piṭaka; it was, moreover, spoken spontaneously without request, sustained by thoroughgoing great compassion, and is able to enable sentient beings in the final dharma age who have many obstacles to ascend directly to non-retrogression by relying upon it. Therefore, even after the canonical Dharma has perished completely, through compassionate mind and vast vows this sūtra will specially be preserved to remain in the world for a hundred years, extensively delivering sentient beings. It is like the agada medicine that cures all ten thousand diseases, absolutely incomparable, perfectly fused, and inconceivable. The profound storehouse of the Avataṃsaka, the secret marrow of the Lotus [Sūtra], the essential mind of all buddhas, and the compass for all ten thousand practices of bodhisattvas do not go beyond this. If one wished to praise and expound it extensively, an exhaustless kalpa would not suffice; those who possess wisdom will naturally know this.