釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 3.86

3.86

一、明念應佛善根發者，亦於欲界、未到靜定心中，忽然憶念佛之功德，即作是念：「如來往昔阿僧祇劫中，為一切眾生故，備行六波羅蜜，一切功德智慧故，身有相好光明，心有智慧圓照，降伏魔怨，無師自悟，自覺覺他，轉正法輪，普度一切，乃至入涅槃後，舍利經教廣益眾生。如是等功德，無量無邊。」作是念時，即敬愛心生，三昧開發，入定安樂，或於定中見佛身相，善心開發，或聞佛說法，心淨信解。如是等勝善境界非一，是為念應佛善根發相。

1. Explaining the arising of the wholesome roots of recollecting the response Buddha: within a calm, concentrated mind in the desire realm or the anāgamya stage, one suddenly recollected the Buddha's merits and immediately thinks: 'In past asaṃkhyeya kalpas, for the sake of all sentient beings, the Tathāgata fully practiced the six pāramitās. Because of all merits and wisdom, his body has the marks, secondary characteristics, and radiance, and his mind has wisdom that illuminates fully. Subduing the Māra adversaries, he awakened by himself without a teacher, enlightened himself and enlightens others, turned the wheel of the correct Dharma, and universally saved all. Even after entering nirvāṇa, his relics and scriptural teachings broadly benefit sentient beings. Merits such as these are immeasurable and boundless.' When reflecting in this way, a mind of reverence and love immediately arises, samādhi develops, and one enters concentration with serenity and joy; or within concentration one sees the physical marks of the Buddha's body and a wholesome mind unfolds, or one hears the Buddha expounding the Dharma and the mind is purified in faithful understanding. Such superior, wholesome realms are not singular. These are the signs of the arising of the wholesome roots of recollecting the response Buddha.