淨土論 2.27

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第四《鼓音聲王經》云「如是我聞：一時佛在瞻波大城伽靈池，與大比丘眾五百人俱。爾時世尊告諸比丘：『今當為汝廣說西方安樂世界，今現有佛號阿彌陀。若有四眾能正受持彼佛名號，以此功德，臨欲終時，阿彌陀佛即與大眾至此人所，令其得見。見已，尋生慶悅、倍增功德。以是因緣，所生之處永離胞胎、穢欲之形，純處鮮妙寶蓮華中自然化生，具大神通、光明赫奕。爾時十方恒沙諸佛，皆共讚彼安樂世界所有佛法不可思議神通現化，種種方便不可思議，若能有信如是之事，當知是人不可思議，所得業報亦不可思議。阿彌陀如來應正遍知，與聲聞俱，其國號曰清泰。聖王所住。其城縱廣十千由旬。中充滿剎利之種。阿彌陀佛如來應正遍知。父名月上轉輪聖王，其母名曰殊勝妙顏，子名月明，奉事弟子名無垢稱，智慧弟子名曰攬光，神足弟子名曰大化。爾時魔王名曰無勝，有提婆達多名曰寂靜。阿彌陀佛與大比丘眾二萬人俱。若有受持彼佛名號，堅固其心，憶念不忘，十日十夜除捨散亂、精懃修集念佛三昧。知彼如來常恒住於安樂世界，憶念相續勿令斷絕。受持讀誦此鼓音聲王大陀羅尼，十日十夜六時專念，五體投地禮敬彼佛，堅固正念、悉除散亂。若能令心念念不絕，十日之中必得見彼阿彌陀佛，并見十方世界如來及所住處；唯除重障鈍根之人，於今少時所不能覩。一切諸善皆悉迴向，願得往生安樂世界，垂終之日，阿彌陀佛與諸大眾現其人前，安慰稱善。是人即得往生。』」釋曰：依此經，十日念佛即見阿彌陀佛，不論命終時也。

Fourth, the Guyin sheng wang jing says: "Thus have I heard: At one time the Buddha was at the pool of Jialing in the great city of Campā, together with a great assembly of five hundred monks. At that time the World-Honoured One addressed the monks: 'Now I will explain extensively for you the western world of Sukhāvatī, where there is currently a Buddha named Amitābha. If there are members of the fourfold assembly who can correctly receive and uphold that Buddha's name, by this merit, when they approach the end of life, Amitābha Buddha will immediately arrive at this person's place together with a great assembly and allow them to see him. Having seen him, they immediately give rise to joy and delight, and their merit redoubles. Through these causes and conditions, the place where they are born will forever be free of the womb and forms of defiled desire; they will be purely and spontaneously born by transformation within fresh and wondrous jeweled lotus flowers, fully endowed with great spiritual powers and radiant light. At that time, Buddhas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges in the ten directions together praise all the inconceivable spiritual manifestations and various inconceivable skillful means of the Buddha-dharma of that world of Sukhāvatī. If one can have faith in such matters, one should know that this person is inconceivable, and the karmic retribution they attain is also inconceivable. Amitābha Tathāgata, Arhat, Samyaksambuddha, is together with śrāvakas; his land is named Qingtai, the dwelling of a holy king. Its city is ten thousand yojanas in length and breadth, filled within with the kṣatriya lineage. Amitābha Buddha is a Tathāgata, Arhat, Samyaksambuddha. His father is named King Moon Superior, a wheel-turning sage king; his mother is named Exquisite and Wondrous Countenance; his son is named Moon Brightness; his attendant disciple is named Vimalakīrti; his disciple of wisdom is named Embracing Light; his disciple of spiritual power is named Great Transformation. At that time the Māra king was named Invincible, and there was a Devadatta named Quietude. Amitābha Buddha is together with a great assembly of twenty thousand monks. If anyone receives and upholds that Buddha's name, strengthens their mind, is mindful and does not forget, abandons distraction for ten days and ten nights, and diligently cultivates and accumulates the samādhi of mindfulness of the Buddha, knowing that this Tathāgata constantly abides in the world of Sukhāvatī, keeping mindfulness continuous without letting it be interrupted; receives, upholds, reads, and recites this Great Dhāraṇī of the King of Drum-Sound; and for ten days and ten nights, during the six periods of the day, single-mindedly practices mindfulness, throwing the five limbs to the ground in reverence to that Buddha, strengthening correct mindfulness and eliminating all distraction—if they can cause the mind to be uninterrupted from thought to thought, within ten days they will certainly get to see that Amitābha Buddha, as well as see the Tathāgatas of the worlds of the ten directions and where they abide; only excepting persons with heavy hindrances and dull faculties who cannot behold them for a short while now. If they dedicate all virtues, vowing to attain rebirth in the world of Sukhāvatī, then on the day approaching the end of life, Amitābha Buddha and a great assembly will appear before that person, consoling them and praising them as good. This person will immediately attain rebirth.'" Explanation: According to this sūtra, by being mindful of the Buddha for ten days one immediately sees Amitābha Buddha, without regard to the time of the end of life.