淨土論 1.4

1.4

I bow my head to the Western realm of Sukhāvatī, / To the Sage Amitābha, the Buddha, the World-Honoured One, / Who skillfully established his great vows to save all beings; / Wishing for rebirth, I pay homage with head to the ground. / Properly seated upon the throne of the king of lotus pedestals, / His body radiates wondrous light throughout the eight directions; / With the five eyes he views all realms without remainder; / Wishing for rebirth, I pay homage with head to the ground. / The five aspects [of the dharmakāya] are fully luminous and his nature is eternally abiding; / With great compassion he welcomes beings, his life span immeasurable; / Drawing living beings with causeless compassion; / Wishing for rebirth, I pay homage with head to the ground. / The adornments of the jeweled realm contain myriad colours, / All produced from wish-fulfilling gems and jades; / Seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, or touching them extinguishes sins; / Wishing for rebirth, I pay homage with head to the ground. / Waters, birds, and forest flutes send forth pure songs, / Whose sounds proclaim the extremely profound Dharma; / Living beings who hear them attain non-retrogression; / Wishing for rebirth, I pay homage with head to the ground. / Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva has great loving-kindness and compassion, / Viewing living beings equally as an only child; / Welcoming and guiding with jeweled hands like an affectionate mother; / Wishing for rebirth, I pay homage with head to the ground. / Mahāsthāmaprāpta Bodhisattva possesses great sovereignty, / Walking and sitting, he shakes the great chiliocosm; / Nirmāṇa buddhas and bodhisattvas gather like clouds; / Wishing for rebirth, I pay homage with head to the ground. / The assembly of the Buddha's heirs gathered is vast as an ocean, / Like the multitude of stars revolving around the Northern Star; / Viewing the three realms with equanimity, they rescue all suffering; / Wishing for rebirth, I pay homage with head to the ground. / Having now perused the Buddha's great canon, / I have gathered its phrases and meanings into nine chapters; / May all readers give rise to bodhicitta, / And universally vow for rebirth in the land of Sukhāvatī.