[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) › 4.160 # 樂邦文類 4.160 樂邦文類 4.160 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.4.160) 還丹一粒，點鐵成金；真理一言，革凡成聖。彌陀教觀，真點鐵成金之妙藥也。彼佛自塵點劫來修行，成身成國，發四十八願，終能克果，威德光明不可思議。觀經一聞佛名號，除八十億劫生死之罪。至於五逆十惡者，臨命終時，遇善知識教稱十念，即得往生。是知請眾念佛，宜有此顯應。奈何世人不知念佛是點鐵成金之藥而求往生。雖知者，亦不能起大深信，因循怠忽，甘心五濁，流轉生死，枉受諸苦。實可憐憫。人之安健之時，能請眾念佛、懺罪解冤，為往生決定之法。況當疾革之際、恐怖生死之時，而能勇猛發心，請久修淨業人大作佛事以助西往，實為要門。觀集維那臨終念佛事，誠為世人之龜鑑云爾。 > A single grain of the returned elixir turns iron into gold; a single word of true principle transforms an ordinary being into a sage. Amitābha's teaching and contemplation is truly the wondrous medicine that turns iron into gold. That Buddha practiced across kalpas as numerous as dust motes, perfecting his body and his land and making the forty-eight vows, which ultimately brought fruition; his majesty, virtue, and light are inconceivable. The Contemplation Sūtra states that hearing the Buddha's name once eliminates the sins of birth and death for eighty billion kalpas. Even for those guilty of the five heinous deeds and ten evil actions, when approaching the end of life, if they meet a good spiritual friend who teaches them to recite ten times, they immediately attain rebirth. Thus we know that requesting the assembly to recite the Buddha's name should indeed have such manifest resonance. How regrettable that worldly people do not know that reciting the Buddha's name is the medicine that turns iron into gold for seeking rebirth! Even those who know it cannot give rise to great, deep faith; following routine and becoming negligent, they are content with the five turbidities, transmigrating through birth and death and vainly suffering all hardships. Truly they are pitiable! When a person is healthy and at ease, being able to request the assembly to recite the Buddha's name, repent sins, and untie enmities is the definitive method for rebirth. How much more so when illness becomes critical and one is terrified of birth and death—if one can bravely bring forth the aspiration, requesting those who have long practiced pure karma to perform a great Buddhist service to assist in going to the West, this is truly an essential gate. Observing the matter of the karmadāna Ji reciting the Buddha's name at the end of life, it is truly a mirror for the people of the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.4.159) - [Next: 4.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.4.161) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a~en-mt.4.160) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.4.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.4.160) · Pramāṇa