念佛鏡 1.83

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又准念佛，攝六度果報。何以？由念佛故往生淨土，衣、食自然，財寶總足，即攝布施；由念佛故往生淨土，得男子身，具六神通，即攝持戒；由念佛故往生淨土，得端正可喜三十二相、八十種好，即攝忍辱；由念佛故當生淨土，水鳥、樹林、佛及菩薩總皆說法，聞是音已，皆自然生念佛、念法、念僧之心，即是精進；由念佛故生彼國已，更無異緣，常住三昧故，即是禪定也；生彼國已，自然解了一切諸法，即是智慧。故念佛一法攝六度果報，過於財施百千萬倍。所以《涅槃經》云：「念佛一口分作十六分功德，若有一人布施一世界眾生經三月，只將念佛十六分中一分功德，亦復勝彼。」故知念佛過於財施百千萬倍。

Furthermore, buddhānusmṛti encompasses the retributions of the six pāramitās. Why? Because of buddhānusmṛti, one is reborn in the pure land where clothing and food appear spontaneously and wealth and treasures are completely sufficient, which encompasses generosity; because of buddhānusmṛti, one is reborn in the pure land, obtaining a male body endowed with the six supernatural powers, which encompasses morality; because of buddhānusmṛti, one is reborn in the pure land, obtaining the upright and pleasing thirty-two marks and eighty minor characteristics, which encompasses forbearance; because of buddhānusmṛti, when one is born in the pure land, water birds, tree groves, Buddhas, and bodhisattvas all expound the Dharma, and having heard these sounds, the thought of the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha naturally arises in all, which is diligence; because of buddhānusmṛti, having been born in that land, one has no other conditions and constantly abides in samādhi, which is meditation; having been born in that land, one naturally understands all dharmas, which is wisdom. Therefore, the single practice of buddhānusmṛti encompasses the retributions of the six pāramitās, surpassing material generosity by hundreds of thousands of times. Therefore, the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra says: 'Dividing the merit of a single recitation of the Buddha into sixteen parts, if there were a person who gave alms to the sentient beings of an entire world for three months, taking just one part of the sixteen parts of the merit of buddhānusmṛti would still surpass that.' Thus we know that buddhānusmṛti surpasses material generosity by hundreds of thousands of times.