樂邦文類 4.162

4.162

修淨業者，凡入觀與睡時，應先起立合掌，一心向西，十稱阿彌陀佛、觀音、勢至、清淨海眾竟。次對佛發願曰：「弟子現是生死凡夫，罪障深重，輪迴六道，苦不可言。今遇善知識，得聞彌陀本願名號，一心稱念，求願往生。願佛哀憫，垂手接引。弟子不識彌陀世尊身相光明，願佛菩薩示現身相及彼世界莊嚴等事。」說此語已，一心正念，即便入觀及睡。或有於正發願時見諸瑞相、或於觀中得見、或於睡夢得見。此願比來大有現驗，不能具述，惟勵意行之者方信不虛。

Practitioners of pure karma, whenever entering contemplation or sleeping, should first stand up with palms joined, face west with single-minded devotion, and recite ten times the names of Amitābha Buddha, Avalokiteśvara, Mahāsthāmaprāpta, and the Pure Assembly of the Ocean of Beings. Next, before the Buddha, make the vow: 'This disciple is currently an ordinary being of birth and death, with grave sins and hindrances, transmigrating in the six paths with unspeakable suffering. Now having met a good spiritual friend and heard the name of Amitābha's fundamental vow, I recite it single-mindedly and vow to seek rebirth. May the Buddha take pity and extend his hand to welcome me. This disciple does not know the bodily marks and radiance of the World-Honoured One Amitābha; may the Buddha and bodhisattvas manifest their bodily marks, the adornments of that world, and so forth.' Having said these words, with single-minded right mindfulness, one then enters contemplation or sleep. Some see auspicious signs precisely while making the vow, some see them within contemplation, and some see them in dreams. This vow has recently had great manifest verification that cannot be fully recounted; only those who vigorously practice it will believe it is not in vain.