念佛鏡 1.79

1.79

「又大行和尚言：『若有人，能依《阿彌陀經》念佛，不取相貌，心唯信佛、口唯稱佛、身唯敬佛，違情能忍，惡衣先著，麁食先喫，孝義并仁慈，專心念佛，逢緣不退，至死不移，雜善及惡亦皆不作，唯專念佛。能如是者，大行皮中剝與作衣服著，肉中截割與作飯食喫。若依經念佛不生淨土，念一口佛，不滅八十億劫生死之罪，不得八十億劫微妙功德，不剝皮與著，不割肉與喫，誑惑眾生，使大行立請交報，六根壞爛遍體生瘡，使人眼見苦痛難忍，當來直入地獄更不再出！』此是大行和上立誓願處。

"Furthermore, Preceptor Daxing said: 'If there is anyone who can practice buddhānusmṛti according to the Amitābha-sūtra, not grasping at external appearances, whose mind solely trusts the Buddha, whose mouth solely invokes the Buddha, whose body solely reveres the Buddha, who can endure what goes against his inclinations, wearing coarse clothing first, eating crude food first, possessing filial piety, righteousness, and benevolence, concentrating wholeheartedly on buddhānusmṛti, not falling back when encountering circumstances, never wavering unto death, neither doing mixed goods nor doing evil, but solely concentrating on buddhānusmṛti—if someone can be like this, Daxing will flay his own skin to give him to wear as clothes, and cut off his own flesh to give him to eat as food. If, practicing buddhānusmṛti according to the sūtra, one is not reborn in the pure land, and invoking the Buddha once does not extinguish the sins of birth-and-death of eighty billion kalpas, nor obtain the subtle and wondrous merits of eighty billion kalpas, and I do not flay my skin to give him to wear or cut my flesh to give him to eat, thereby deceiving and confusing sentient beings, may Daxing immediately receive retribution: may my six faculties rot and decay, may sores break out across my entire body, causing people to see agony hard to endure, and in the future may I go straight into hell never to come out again!' This is where Preceptor Daxing established his vow.