樂邦文類 2.214

2.214

西方阿彌陀佛與閻浮提有願，此土眾生與彼佛有緣，故受一切苦者先念我名，祈一切福者多圖我像。至於應誠來感隨願往生，神速變通與三世十方諸佛不侔。噫！佛無若干而願與緣有若干也。有女弟子弘農郡君，姓楊氏，號蓮華性，發弘願、捨淨財，繡西方阿彌陀佛像及本國土眷屬一部，奉為故李氏長姊楊夫人滅宿殃、追冥祐也。夫範金設繪，不若刺繡紋之精勤也；想形念號，不若睹相好之親近也。即造之者，誠不得不著、感不得不通；受之者，罪不得不滅、福不得不集。爾時蓮華性焚香合掌跪唱讚云：

Amitābha Buddha of the West has vows concerning Jambudvīpa, and the sentient beings of this land have karmic affinities with that Buddha. Therefore, those suffering all pains first recite my name, and those praying for all blessings mostly depict my image. As for answering sincerity and arriving upon resonance, granting rebirth according to vows, his divine swiftness and pervasive transformation are not matched by the Buddhas of the three periods of time and ten directions. Ah! The Buddhas do not vary, yet vows and affinities do vary. There is a female disciple, the Commandery Mistress of Hongnong, surnamed Yang, styled Lotus Nature, who gave rise to a vast vow and gave up pure wealth to embroider an image of Amitābha Buddha of the West and one set of the retinue of his native land, dedicated on behalf of her late elder sister Lady Yang of the Li family, to extinguish her past misdeeds and pursue unseen blessings for her. Casting in bronze and painting in pigment are not as diligent and refined as embroidering patterns with needles; contemplating forms and reciting the name are not as intimate as beholding the marks and characteristics. As for the maker, her sincerity cannot fail to be manifest, and the resonance cannot fail to penetrate; as for the recipient, her transgressions cannot fail to be extinguished, and her blessings cannot fail to accumulate. At that time, Lotus Nature burned incense, joined her palms, knelt, and chanted a praise, saying: