念佛三昧寶王論 1.41

1.41

「又《勝天王經》曰：『佛所住處，實無穢土，眾生薄福，而見不淨。』良在此焉。梵云南無，唐言歸命；梵云阿彌陀，唐言無量壽。三世諸佛，豈祇一佛而有壽量耶？今與子同念于三世彌陀，同生于十方極樂，有何不可？而欲鷁路退飛哉？夫然則烈三昧之猛焰也，不居於纖妄蚊蜹，鏗十念之洪鐘也，不間於散亂稱佛，明矣。念彌陀通三世既爾，念諸佛菩薩，不亦然歟？」

"Furthermore, the Suvikrāntavikramiparipṛcchā Sūtra says: 'Where the Buddha abides, there is in truth no defiled land; it is because sentient beings have meager merit that they perceive impurity.' This is truly where it lies. In Sanskrit it is namo, translated into Tang [Chinese] as 'refuge'; in Sanskrit it is Amitâbha/Amitāyus, translated into Tang as 'Measureless Life'. Among the buddhas of the three times, how could only one buddha possess a measure of lifespan? If today I and you together are mindful of the Amida of the three times, and are together reborn in the Sukhāvatī of the ten directions, what could be wrong with that? Why would you want to fly backward like an aquatic bird? That being so, the fierce flame of samādhi does not abide in the tiny mosquitoes of fleeting delusions, and the striking of the great bell of the ten recitations leaves no gap for distracted recitation of the Buddha's name—this is clear. If mindfulness of Amida extends throughout the three times in this way, is it not also so for mindfulness of all buddhas and bodhisattvas?"