樂邦文類 1.197

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彼佛國土，諸往生者所處宮殿、衣服寶器，自然在前，金銀瑠璃等鉢隨意而至，百味飲食自然盈滿。雖有此食，實無食者，但見色聞香，意以為食。自然飽足，身心柔軟，無所味著。事已化去，時至復現。又《平等覺經》、《大彌陀經》並云「阿彌陀佛、菩薩、阿羅漢，悉有自然七寶鉢，鉢中百味飲食，不類世間天上，乃八方上下飲食中精味，香味無比，自然化生。欲得甜醋，在所欲得。所食不多不少，亦不言美惡。食訖化去，皆清淨無染，所食但用作氣力耳。」《往生論》云「愛樂佛法味，禪三昧為食。」

In that Buddha's land, the palaces, clothing, and jeweled vessels used by those who have attained rebirth appear spontaneously before them; bowls of gold, silver, lapis lazuli, and so forth arrive as they wish, and food and drink of a hundred flavors spontaneously overflow. Although there is this food, in reality there is no eater; they merely see its color and smell its fragrance, taking it as food in thought. They are spontaneously satiated, their bodies and minds become supple, and they have no craving or attachment to flavors. When finished, it vanishes, and appears again when the time comes. Furthermore, both the Sūtra of Equal Enlightenment and the Larger Amitābha Sūtra state: 'Amitābha Buddha, bodhisattvas, and arhats all have spontaneous bowls of the seven jewels, and the food and drink of a hundred flavors in the bowls are not like those of the human world or heavens, but are the quintessence of food from the eight directions, above, and below, incomparably fragrant and delicious, spontaneously transformed into being. If they wish for sweet or sour, it is obtained as desired. What is eaten is neither too much nor too little, and they do not speak of it as fine or bad. When the meal is finished, it vanishes, all pure and undefiled, and what is eaten merely serves to produce physical energy.' The Treatise on Rebirth says: 'Delighting in the flavor of the Buddha's Dharma, they take dhyāna and samādhi as food.'