釋門歸敬儀 2.57

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四、明修念佛相好者。行者專心閑室，端坐正念如來身相，閉目開目，了了分明，罪業重者，多時乃見。以此想觀，知惡重輕俱是妄想，而善惡天別不可思議，生死切人不容自怠。若素不作意，後遭重病，周慞困悶，寄心無地，一切惡業自從心生，無善種子，如何排業？若素懷善，常念佛故，隨其心相，須見即見。故《觀佛三昧經》云：「我滅度後，佛諸弟子捨惡去閙，少語省事，晝夜六時，乃至須臾，念佛白毫，了了不亂，注意不息。若見殊相，或不見者，是人除却九十六億那由他恒河沙微塵劫數生死之罪。設復有人，但聞白毫，心不驚疑，歡喜信受，此人亦除八十億劫生死之罪。佛言：『如來相好八萬四千，不及白毫少分功德，是故我今為來世人說白毫相大慧光明消惡觀法。若有惡人聞此毫觀生瞋恨者，白毫相光亦覆護之。除三劫罪，後生佛前。』」

Fourth, explaining the practice of recollecting the Buddha's marks and signs. The practitioner focuses their mind in a secluded room, sitting upright in correct mindfulness of the Tathāgata's bodily marks, closing the eyes and opening the eyes, clearly and distinctly. For those whose sinful karma is heavy, it is seen only after a long time. Through this meditative contemplation, one knows that heavy and light evils are all false thoughts; yet the difference between good and evil is as heaven and earth, inconceivable, and birth-and-death presses urgently upon a person, leaving no room for negligence. If one does not routinely fix the mind [on the Buddha], then upon encountering severe illness later, flustered, trapped, and anguished, the mind will have nowhere to lean; all evil karma arises from the mind, and without seeds of goodness, how can one repel karma? If one habitually cherishes goodness and constantly recollects the Buddha, then in accordance with one's mental images, as soon as one needs to see, one sees. Thus the Sūtra on the Samādhi of Contemplating the Buddha states: 'After my parinirvāṇa, if disciples of the Buddha renounce evil and leave behind noisy bustle, speak little and minimize affairs, and during the six periods of day and night, or even for an instant, recollect the Buddha's white curl between the eyebrows, clearly without distraction, focusing their attention unceasingly—whether they see the extraordinary mark or do not see it—this person eliminates the sins of birth-and-death of ninety-six billion nayutas of Ganges sands of minute-dust kalpas. If there is someone who merely hears of the white curl, without shock or doubt in their mind, rejoicing and faithfully accepting it, this person also eliminates the sins of birth-and-death of eight billion kalpas. The Buddha said: "The eighty-four thousand marks and signs of the Tathāgata do not equal a small fraction of the merit of the white curl. Therefore, I now teach for the people of future generations the method of contemplation that eliminates evil through the great wisdom light of the white curl mark. If there is an evil person who hears of this contemplation of the curl and generates resentment, the light of the white curl mark will still protect them, eliminating the sins of three kalpas, and afterwards they will be born before the Buddha."'