[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [淨土論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963) › 2.41 # 淨土論 2.41 淨土論 2.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963.2.41) 「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." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963.2.40) - [Next: 2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963.2.42) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963~en-mt.2.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963.2.41) · Pramāṇa