樂邦文類 5.87

5.87

I bow my head to the Western Land of Peace and Joy, / to the Lord of the World, Amitābha, the Great Compassionate and Revered One. / Relying upon various sūtras, / I establish decisive faith in rebirth. / A person dwelling in the Mahāyāna with a pure mind, / who is mindful of that Immeasurable Life for ten thoughts, / dreaming of the Buddha on the verge of death is definitely reborn; / as the *Great Ratnakūṭa Sūtra* speaks. / When the fires of the hell of the five heinous sins appear, / encountering a good friend and giving rise to a fierce mind, / reciting the Buddha's name for ten thoughts, one is immediately reborn; / as the *Sūtra on the Sixteen Contemplations* speaks. / If one has a mind of joy, faith, and delight, / down to ten thoughts, one is immediately reborn; / if it were not so, he would not attain buddhahood; / as the forty-eight vows speak. / All who hear the name and give rise to an utmost mind, / with a single thought dedicating it, are immediately reborn, / only excluding the five heinous sins and slandering the True Dharma; / as the *Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra* speaks. / If on the verge of death one cannot contemplate or be mindful, / but merely generates an intention and knows there is a Buddha, / when this person's breath ceases, they are immediately reborn; / as the *Mahābherīhāraka Sūtra* speaks. / For one day and one night hanging silk canopies, / single-mindedly mindful of rebirth without interruption, / dreaming of the Buddha while lying down, one is immediately reborn; / as the *Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra* speaks. / Reciting the Buddha's name for one day and night, / diligently striving without interruption, / mutually encouraging one another to be reborn together; / as the *Mahākāruṇika Sūtra* speaks. / For one day, two days, or up to seven days, / upholding the name with an undisturbed mind, / the Buddha appearing before them, they are immediately reborn; / as the *Amitābha Sūtra* speaks. / If a person hears of that Amitābha, / for one day, two days, or more, / with focused mindfulness present before them, they are immediately reborn; / as the *Pratyutpanna Samādhi Sūtra* speaks. / For ten days and ten nights throughout the six periods, / bowing to the Buddha with the five limbs, mindfulness uninterrupted, / seeing that Buddha in person, they are immediately reborn; / as the *Sūtra on the King of Drum Sound* speaks. / For ten days and ten nights upholding the fasting precepts, / hanging silk banners and canopies, lighting incense and lamps, / with focused mindfulness uninterrupted, one attains rebirth; / as the *Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra* speaks. / If a person focuses mindfulness on the Buddha of a single direction, / walking or sitting for seven times seven days, / seeing the Buddha in their present body, they are immediately reborn; / as the *Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra* speaks. / If a person makes a vow to constantly circumambulate, / for ninety days not sitting or lying down, / seeing Amitābha within samādhi; / as the *Pratyutpanna Samādhi Sūtra* speaks. / If a person sits upright facing directly west, / for ninety days constantly being mindful of the Buddha, / they will accomplish samādhi and be born before the Buddha; / as the *Mañjuśrī Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra* speaks. / I have praised a small part from the various sūtras, / and what is taught in this way is inexhaustible; / I vow that all who hear this will give rise to right faith, / for the Buddha's words are true and free from deception.