樂邦文類 5.94

5.94

西方阿彌陀佛有四十八願，其一云「我若作佛時，十方眾生欲生我國，十聲念我名號而不生者，誓不作佛。」若人每日早晨合掌面西，稱念佛號十聲，現世消災延壽，將來決定往生。覩錢塘喻彌陀，畫姚行婆所見日輪中彌陀佛像。人能用心之專，則感應亦如是。妙行比丘法怡，以偈讚曰：

Amitābha Buddha of the West has forty-eight vows, one of which says: "If, when I attain Buddhahood, sentient beings of the ten directions who wish to be born in my land should chant my name ten times and not be born there, may I not attain Buddhahood." If a person every morning joins their palms facing west and recites the Buddha's name ten times, in this life they will extinguish calamities and prolong their life, and in the future they are certain to attain rebirth. I beheld Yu Mituo of Qiantang paint the image of Amitābha Buddha in the solar disc as seen by Old Woman Yao. When a person can focus their mind with such dedication, the sympathetic resonance is like this. Bhikṣu Fayi of Wondrous Practice praises it with a gāthā, saying: