念佛鏡 1.45

1.45

"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.