觀念阿彌陀佛相海三昧功德法門 1.69

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又如《彌陀經》云：六方各有恒河沙等諸佛，皆舒舌遍覆三千世界說誠實言。若佛在世若佛滅後，一切造罪凡夫，但迴心念阿彌陀佛，願生淨土。上盡百年，下至七日一日、十聲三聲一聲等，命欲終時，佛與聖眾自來迎接，即得往生。如上六方等佛舒舌，定為凡夫作證，罪滅得生。若不依此證得生者，六方諸佛舒舌一出口已後，終不還入口，自然壞爛。此亦是證生增上緣。

Furthermore, as the Amitābha Sūtra says: In each of the six directions there are Buddhas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, who all extend their tongues completely covering the three-thousandfold world and utter words of truth: Whether during the Buddha's presence in the world or after the Buddha's demise, all sin-creating pṛthagjanas who merely turn their minds to contemplate Amitābha Buddha and desire to be born in the Pure Land, spanning up to a hundred years, or down to seven days, one day, ten recitations, three recitations, or one recitation, when life is on the verge of ending, the Buddha together with the noble assembly will personally come to welcome them, and they will immediately attain rebirth. As stated above, the Buddhas of the six directions extend their tongues, definitively certifying for pṛthagjanas that their sins are extinguished and they attain rebirth. If they were not to attain rebirth relying on this testimony, once the Buddhas of the six directions extended their tongues out of their mouths, they would ultimately never return to their mouths and would naturally rot and disintegrate. This too is the adhipati-pratyaya of certifying rebirth.