淨土十疑論 1.5

1.5

阿彌陀佛與觀音、勢至，乘大願船，泛生死海，不著此岸、不留彼岸、不止中流，唯以濟度為佛事。是故《阿彌陀經》云：「若有善男子、善女人，聞說阿彌陀佛，執持名號，若一日乃至七日，一心不亂。其人臨命終時，阿彌陀佛與諸聖眾現在其前，是人終時，心不顛倒，即得往生極樂國土。」又經云：「十方眾生，聞我名號，憶念我國，植諸德本，至心迴向，欲生我國，不果遂者，不取正覺。」所以祇洹精舍無常院，令病者面西，作往生淨土想。蓋彌陀光明遍照法界念佛眾生，攝取不捨。聖、凡一體，機、感相應。諸佛心內眾生，塵塵極樂；眾生心中淨土，念念彌陀。

Amitābha Buddha, along with Avalokiteśvara and Mahāsthāmaprāpta, boards the boat of great vows and floats upon the ocean of birth and death, not clinging to this shore, not remaining on that shore, and not stopping midstream, engaging solely in saving and delivering as Buddha-work. Therefore, the Amitābha-sūtra says: 'If there are good men and good women who hear of Amitābha Buddha and uphold his name, whether for one day or up to seven days, with single-minded unconfused attention; when these persons approach the end of life, Amitābha Buddha and the assembly of holy ones will appear before them. When these persons die, their minds will not be inverted, and they will immediately attain rebirth in the land of Sukhāvatī.' Furthermore, a sūtra says: 'If sentient beings of the ten directions hear my name, remember my land, plant roots of virtue, and sincerely dedicate them wishing to be born in my land, and do not attain it, I shall not attain samyaksaṃbodhi.' This is why in the Impermanence Hall of the Jetavana-vihāra, the sick were made to face west and cultivate the thought of rebirth in the pure land. For Amitābha's light shines universally throughout the dharmadhātu upon sentient beings who practice buddhānusmṛti, gathering them in without forsaking them. Sage and ordinary person are of one substance; capacity and response accord with each other. For the sentient beings within the minds of all Buddhas, every particle of dust is Sukhāvatī; for the pure land within the minds of sentient beings, every thought is Amitābha.