[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [樂邦文類](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a) › 3.136 # 樂邦文類 3.136 樂邦文類 3.136 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.136) 宣義，諱闉，字達夫，胡侍郎之子。性識聰敏、心地通圓，唯專書史，尤樂吟詠，晚年致政西湖，日有游從之樂。胸襟平夷，出處簡率。其於佛乘雖已信嚮，曾未專修。一日其子告清照律師云：「大人感疾。請師垂訪。」師往見之，曰：「（慧亨）平生與達夫相善，未曾語及末後一著大事，豈可不知安身立命之處乎。」達夫曰：「心淨則土淨也。」師曰：「宣義時中曾有雜念染污否？」答曰：「既處世間，寧免雜念。」師曰：「若如此，又安能心淨土淨耶？」達夫即問：「一稱阿彌陀佛，能滅八十億劫生死重罪，何也？」師曰：「阿彌陀佛，據《法華經》，歷塵點劫修行。《楞嚴經》云『我憶往昔恒河沙劫，有佛出世，名無量光。』阿彌陀佛經爾許時成身成國，依正莊嚴，有大威德，有大誓願，光明神力不可思議。以是一稱萬德洪名，眾生無始八十億劫生死重罪，猶如赫日消於霜露矣。」達夫遂大省悟，方知彌陀願力功勳如是，乃一心念佛。又累日請僧助念。律師宣白，稱胡公宣義。達夫即言：「須稱胡闉之名。」次日再請，其徒先往，律師後至。達夫問曰：「此來何晚？已煩觀音、勢至降臨甚久。」師與大眾尤加鄭重。稱佛之次，胡公安然而往。然則公享八十四壽，平日不曾修習，一旦病苦逼迫無所依投之際，纔聞彌陀法利，頓決疑情，便超樂國。所謂一念迴光，立即翻邪為正。即此人也。知此道者，善繼前轍，庶不辜於今世也。 > The Xuanyi, whose taboo name was Yin and courtesy name was Dafu, was the son of Vice Minister Hu. By nature discerning and intelligent, his mind-ground was thoroughly luminous. He devoted himself solely to the classics and histories, taking special delight in chanting poetry. In his later years, he retired from government to the West Lake, enjoying the daily pleasures of roaming with companions. His heart was untroubled and level, and his public service and private life were simple and unconstrained. Although he had faith in and orientation toward the Buddha Vehicle, he had never practiced it exclusively. One day, his son said to Vinaya Master Qingzhao, “My father has fallen ill. I pray that the master will deign to visit him.” The master went to see him and said, “I, Huiheng, have been on good terms with Dafu all my life, yet we have never spoken of the great matter of the final step. How could you not know your place to settle body and establish life?” Dafu said, “When the mind is pure, the land is pure.” The master said, “Xuanyi, throughout the day, do you ever have defilements from stray thoughts?” He replied, “Since I dwell in the mundane world, how could I be free of stray thoughts?” The master said, “If so, how can mind be pure and land be pure?” Dafu then asked, “Reciting ‘Amitābha Buddha’ a single time can eradicate the grave transgressions of birth and death spanning eighty kotis of kalpas—why is that?” The master said, “According to the Lotus Sūtra, Amitābha Buddha cultivated practice through dust-mote kalpas. The Śūraṅgama Sūtra states: ‘I recall in the past, through kalpas like the sands of the Ganges, there was a buddha who appeared in the world named Immeasurable Light.’ Amitābha Buddha spent such time perfecting body and perfecting land; his circumstantial and primary rewards are adorned, he possesses great majesty and virtue, he has great vows, and his light and spiritual powers are inconceivable. For this reason, by reciting the great name of myriad virtues a single time, the grave transgressions of birth and death spanning eighty kotis of kalpas from the beginningless past of sentient beings are dissolved like frost and dew beneath a blazing sun.” Dafu thereupon had a great awakening, and only then realized that the power of Amitābha’s vows and merit were like this; he then single-mindedly engaged in buddha-mindfulness. Furthermore, for successive days he invited monks to assist in the recitation. When the Vinaya Master made the formal declaration, he called him “Lord Hu, the Xuanyi.” Dafu immediately said, “You must call me by the name Hu Yin.” The next day he invited them again; his disciples went ahead, and the Vinaya Master arrived later. Dafu asked, “Why have you arrived so late? We have already troubled Avalokiteśvara and Mahāsthāmaprāpta to descend and remain for a long time.” The master and the great assembly were all the more solemn and reverent. In the midst of reciting the buddha-name, Lord Hu peacefully passed away. Thus, though the lord had enjoyed a lifespan of eighty-four years and had not practiced during ordinary days, once the suffering of illness pressed upon him and he had nothing to rely upon, as soon as he heard of the benefits of Amitābha’s Dharma, he abruptly resolved his doubts and transcended directly to the Land of Bliss. This is what is meant by ‘a single thought turning back the light immediately transforms the perverse into the correct.’ Such was this person. Those who understand this path will skillfully follow in his footsteps, so as not to live this life in vain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.135) - [Next: 3.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.137) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a~en-mt.3.136) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.136) · Pramāṇa