略論安樂淨土義 1.22

1.22

「譬如百夫、百年聚薪，積高千仞，豆許火焚，半日便盡。豈可得言，百年之薪積，半日不盡乎？

"For example, if a hundred men spent a hundred years gathering firewood, heaping it up thousands of fathoms high, a spark of fire no bigger than a bean would consume it all in half a day. Could one properly say: 'How could a pile of firewood accumulated over a hundred years be completely consumed in half a day?'