淨土論 2.41

2.41

「觀音大勢大名稱，功德智慧俱無量，
具足慈悲救世間，遍遊一切眾生海，
如是勝人甚難遇，一心恭敬頭面禮。
眾生長寢無明闇，唯此大悲能覺之，
隨緣皆現色身相，猶如慈父念一子，
唯願慈悲救齊我，一心恭敬照世燈。
南無觀音大勢至，恒入世間無暫息，
往生六道濟郡生，色身超絕如紫金，
威儀庠序世無比，寶瓶化佛天冠中，
一心恭敬巧方便。動搖無量三千界，
進止妙華恒承足，常以寶手接眾生，
一心恭敬施無畏。無量無邊無數劫，
廣修願力助彌陀，常處大眾宣法言，
眾生聞者得淨眼，唯願世世恒親覲，
故我一心頭面禮。神通周遍十方國，
普現一切眾生前，眾生若能至心念，
皆悉導令至安樂，哀我世間慈悲父，
故我一心頭面禮。安處出世蓮華座，
猶如須彌照大海，調伏眾生得無畏，
一心恭敬人師子，我已隨順修多羅，
讚嘆觀音寶功德。如是功德不可盡，
譬如大海一毛渧，假使十方諸如來，
窮劫讚嘆亦不盡，如是無邊無盡藏，
故我一心頭面禮。已讚觀音大勢至，
即讚十方諸菩薩，願此功德遍世間，
迴共眾生生彼國。」

"Avalokiteśvara and Mahāsthāmaprāpta of great renown,
their virtues and wisdom are both immeasurable;
fully endowed with compassion to save the world,
they roam everywhere through the ocean of all sentient beings.
Such superior beings are exceedingly difficult to meet;
single-mindedly and reverently I bow with head to the ground.
Sentient beings sleep long in the darkness of ignorance;
only this great compassion can awaken them.
Manifesting physical forms in accord with conditions,
like a loving father mindful of an only child,
we only pray that your compassion saves us equally;
single-mindedly and reverently I bow to the lamps illuminating the world.
Homage to Avalokiteśvara and Mahāsthāmaprāpta,
who constantly enter the world without a moment's rest,
going to the six destinies to rescue all living beings.
Their physical forms are supreme, like purple gold;
their dignified deportment is serene, beyond compare in the world.
A jeweled vase and transformed buddhas are within their heavenly crowns;
single-mindedly and reverently I bow to their skillful means.
They shake immeasurable three-thousandfold worlds;
in stepping and pausing, wondrous flowers constantly support their feet.
Always with jeweled hands they receive sentient beings;
single-mindedly and reverently I bow to the bestowers of fearlessness.
Through immeasurable, boundless, and countless kalpas,
they have widely cultivated vow-power to assist Amitābha.
Constantly dwelling amid the great assembly to proclaim the Dharma teachings,
sentient beings who hear them attain the pure eye.
We only pray that in life after life we constantly see them in person;
therefore single-mindedly I bow with head to the ground.
Their supernormal powers pervade the lands of the ten directions,
manifesting universally before all sentient beings.
If sentient beings can be mindful of them with utmost sincerity,
they will guide them all to Sukhāvatī.
Pity us in the world, loving and compassionate fathers;
therefore single-mindedly I bow with head to the ground.
Peacefully seated upon transmundane lotus seats,
like Mount Sumeru shining upon the great ocean,
taming sentient beings to attain fearlessness;
single-mindedly and reverently I bow to the lions among humans.
Having followed the sūtras,
I have praised the jeweled virtues of Avalokiteśvara.
Such virtues can never be exhausted,
just as a single hair-drop compares to the great ocean.
Even if the Tathāgatas of the ten directions
praised them for an entire kalpa, they could not exhaust them;
such is their boundless and inexhaustible treasury,
therefore single-mindedly I bow with head to the ground.
Having praised Avalokiteśvara and Mahāsthāmaprāpta,
I next praise the bodhisattvas of the ten directions;
may this merit pervade the world,
and dedicating it, may we and sentient beings be born together in that land."