念佛鏡 1.45

1.45

「又准諸經念佛往生，總有三十種利益。何等是？一、滅除諸罪；二、功德無邊；三、諸佛法中勝；四、諸佛同證；五、諸佛同護；六、十方諸佛同勸信念；七、所有疾患念佛總除；八、臨命終時心不顛倒；九、念佛一法攝多法；十、命終之時佛自來迎；十一、用少功德速生淨土；十二、華臺中化生；十三、身黃金色；十四、壽命長遠；十五、長生不死；十六、身有光明；十七、具三十二相；十八、獲六神通；十九、得無生法忍；二十、常見諸佛；二十一、與諸菩薩共為伴侶；二十二、香華音樂六時供養；二十三、衣食自然長劫無盡；二十四、任運進道直至菩提；二十五、常得少年無有老相；二十六、常得強健無有病時；二十七、更不重墮三塗地獄；二十八、受生自在；二十九、晝夜六時常聞妙法；三十、住不退地。此依諸經，念佛生淨土，總有三十種利益。

"Furthermore, according to the various sūtras, rebirth through buddhānusmṛti has a total of thirty benefits. What are they? First, eradicating all sins; second, boundless merit; third, supreme among the teachings of all buddhas; fourth, jointly certified by all buddhas; fifth, jointly protected by all buddhas; sixth, all buddhas of the ten directions jointly urge faith and mindfulness; seventh, all illnesses are entirely removed through buddhānusmṛti; eighth, at the time of approaching the end of life, the mind is not deranged; ninth, the single practice of buddhānusmṛti subsumes manifold practices; tenth, at the time of the end of life, the Buddha comes in person to welcome [the practitioner]; eleventh, using little effort to swiftly be reborn in the pure land; twelfth, transformation-birth within a lotus flower pedestal; thirteenth, a golden-colored body; fourteenth, a long lifespan; fifteenth, eternal life without death; sixteenth, a body possessing radiant light; seventeenth, possessing the thirty-two marks; eighteenth, obtaining the six spiritual penetrations; nineteenth, attaining anutpattika-dharma-kṣānti; twentieth, constantly seeing all buddhas; twenty-first, being companions together with all bodhisattvas; twenty-second, incense, flowers, and music making offerings during the six periods; twenty-third, clothing and food appearing naturally without end for long kalpas; twenty-fourth, effortlessly advancing along the path straight to bodhi; twenty-fifth, constantly retaining youth with no marks of aging; twenty-sixth, constantly remaining robust with no time of illness; twenty-seventh, never again falling into the three destinies or the hells; twenty-eighth, sovereignty over rebirth; twenty-ninth, constantly hearing the wondrous Dharma day and night during the six periods; thirtieth, abiding in the stage of non-retrogression. These, relying on the various sūtras, are the thirty benefits in total from rebirth in the pure land through buddhānusmṛti.