樂邦文類 3.39

3.39

中州之西數萬里，有國曰身毒，釋迦牟尼如來示現之地。彼佛言：西方過十萬億佛土，有世界曰極樂，佛號無量壽如來。其國無有三毒八難，眾寶以為飾，其人無有十纏九惱，群聖以為友。有能誠心大願歸心是土者，苟念力具足，則往生彼國，然後出三界之外，其於佛道無退轉者。其言無所欺也。晉時廬山遠法師，作念佛三昧詠，大勸于時。其後天台顗大師，著《釋淨土十疑論》宏宣其教，周密微妙，迷者咸賴焉。蓋其留異跡而去者甚眾。永州龍興寺前刺史李承晊，及僧法林，置淨土堂于寺之東偏，常奉斯事，逮今餘二十年，廉隅毀頓、圖像崩墜，會巽上人居其宇下，始復理焉。上人者修最上乘、解第一義，無體空析色之跡，而造乎真源；通假有借無之名，而入於實相。境與智合、事與理并，故雖往生之因亦相用不捨，誓葺茲宇，以開後學。有信士圖為佛像，法相甚具焉。今刺史憑公，作大門以表其位。（余）遂周延四阿，環以廊廡，繢二大士之像，繒蓋幢旛，以成就之。嗚呼！有能求無生之生者，知舟筏之存乎是，遂以天台《十疑論》書于牆宇，使觀者起信焉。

Tens of thousands of li to the west of the Central Realm, there is a country named Shendu (India), the land where Śākyamuni Tathāgata manifested. That Buddha said: Traversing past a hundred thousand kotis of buddha-lands to the west, there is a world named Ultimate Bliss, and the Buddha is titled Amitāyus Tathāgata. In that land there are no three poisons or eight difficulties; many treasures serve as its adornment. Its people have no ten fetters or nine vexations; the multitude of sages serve as their companions. If there are those who with sincere mind and great vows return their minds to this land, provided their power of mindfulness is complete, they will be reborn in that land, and thereafter transcend beyond the three realms, never to retrogress from the Buddha path. His words do not deceive! In the Jin era, Dharma Master Yuan of Mount Lu composed a chant on the buddha-mindfulness samādhi, greatly exhorting [people] at the time. Afterwards, Great Master Yi of Tiantai composed the Treatise Clarifying the Ten Doubts about the Pure Land, broadly proclaiming its teaching; thorough, minute, and wondrous, all those who are deluded rely upon it. Indeed, those who have left behind wondrous traces upon their departure have been extremely numerous. Li Chengzhi, former Prefect of Yongzhou, together with the monk Falin, established a Pure Land hall on the eastern side of Longxing Monastery, where they constantly venerated these matters. Down to the present, more than twenty years have elapsed: its corners were ruined and broken, and its holy icons had collapsed and fallen. It happened that Superior Xun came to dwell beneath its eaves and began to restore it. This Superior cultivates the Supreme Vehicle and understands the primary truth; without any trace of substantializing emptiness or analyzing form, he attains the true source; grasping that designations are borrowed from conditioned existence and conventional non-existence, he enters into the true mark. Objects harmonize with wisdom, and phenomena unite with principle; therefore, although the cause of rebirth also involves appearances and functions, he did not abandon it, but vowed to repair this building to open the way for later students. A faithful layman painted an image of the Buddha, with the Dharma marks fully complete. The current Prefect, Lord Feng, built a main gate to designate its location. I thereupon extended the four eaves all around and surrounded them with cloistered corridors, painted images of the two Mahāsattvas, and added silk canopies, streamers, and banners to bring it to completion. Alas! If there are those who can seek the birth of non-birth, let them know that the raft lies right here! Thereupon I wrote the Tiantai Ten Doubts on the walls of the building, so that those who view it may give rise to faith.