觀念阿彌陀佛相海三昧功德法門 1.17

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佛告跋陀和：「持是行法，便得三昧，現在諸佛悉在前立。其有比丘、比丘尼、優婆塞、優婆夷如法修行，持戒完具，獨一處止，念西方阿彌陀佛今現在彼，隨所聞當念。去此十萬億佛剎，其國名須摩提。一心念之，一日一夜若七日七夜，過七日已後見之。譬如人夢中所見，不知晝夜亦不知內外，不由在冥中有所蔽礙故不見。跋陀和！四眾常作是念時，諸佛境界中諸大山、須彌山，其有幽冥之處悉為開避無所蔽礙，是四眾不持天眼徹視、不持天耳徹聽、不持神足到其佛剎，不於此間終生彼間，便於此坐見之。」佛言：「四眾於此間國土念阿彌陀佛，專念故得見之，即問：『持何法得生此國？』阿彌陀佛報言：『欲來生者，當念我名，莫有休息，即得來生。』」佛言：「專念故，得往生。常念佛身三十二相八十種好，巨億光明徹照，端正無比，在菩薩僧中說法。莫壞色。何以故？不壞色故，由念佛色身故，得是三昧。」已上明念佛三昧法。

The Buddha told Bhadrapāla: "If one maintains this practice, one will immediately attain the samādhi in which the present buddhas all stand before one. If there are monks, nuns, upāsakas, or upāsikās who cultivate according to the Dharma, fully uphold the precepts, dwell alone in a single place, and recollect that Amitābha Buddha of the West is presently there, they should recollect in accordance with what they have heard. Separated from here by a hundred thousand koṭis of buddha-lands, that land is called Sukhāvatī. Recollecting him single-mindedly, for one day and one night, or up to seven days and seven nights, after the seven days have passed they will see him. It is just like what a person sees in a dream, not knowing day from night, nor knowing inside from outside, not being prevented from seeing due to being blocked or hindered in the dark. Bhadrapāla! When the four assemblies constantly form this recollection, all the great mountains and Mount Meru within the realms of the buddhas, and whatever dark places there are, will all open up and clear away with nothing blocking or hindering them. These four assemblies, without possessing the divine eye, see through thoroughly; without possessing the divine ear, hear through thoroughly; and without possessing spiritual foot-travel, reach that buddha-land; without dying here and being born there, they see him right on this seat." The Buddha said: "The four assemblies in this land recollect Amitābha Buddha, and because of their focused recollection they are able to see him, whereupon they ask: 'Maintaining what Dharma does one attain birth in this land?' Amitābha Buddha answers: 'Those who wish to come and be born should recollect my name without resting, and they will immediately attain birth here.'" The Buddha said: "Because of focused recollection, one attains rebirth. One should constantly recollect the Buddha's body with its thirty-two marks and eighty secondary signs, its hundreds of millions of rays of light illuminating completely, dignified and incomparable, preaching the Dharma amid the saṅgha of bodhisattvas. Do not destroy forms. Why is that? Because one does not destroy forms, by recollecting the Buddha's physical form, one attains this samādhi." The above clarifies the method of the buddhānusmṛti-samādhi.