安樂集 1.81

1.81

「二、云何在緣者？謂彼人造罪時，自依止妄想，依煩惱果報眾生生；今此十念者，依止無上信心，依阿彌陀如來真實、清淨無量功德名號生。譬如有人被毒箭所中，徹筋破骨，若聞滅除藥鼓聲，即箭出毒除。豈可得言：『彼箭深毒厲，聞鼓音聲不能拔箭去毒。』也？是名在緣。

Second, how does it lie in the condition? When that person committed transgressions, they arose relying on false discrimination and relying on sentient beings who are the karmic retributions of afflictions. Now, these ten recitations arise relying on supreme faith and relying on the name of Amitābha Tathāgata, which embodies true, pure, and immeasurable merits. For example, if someone is struck by a poisoned arrow that pierces the sinews and breaks the bone, if he hears the sound of the poison-dispelling medicine drum, the arrow immediately comes out and the poison is removed. Could one say, 'Because that arrow is deep and the poison fierce, hearing the sound of the drum cannot extract the arrow and remove the poison'? This is called lying in the condition.