樂邦遺稿 2.124

2.124

龍舒曰：「大醫王能治一切病，不能治命盡之人。佛能度一切眾生，不能度一切不信之人，以不信此命盡者可謂極矣。蓋信者，一念也。若人在生時，心念要去身則隨去，心念欲住身則隨住，是身常隨念也。亦有念欲去而身被牽繫者。至人死時，唯一念而已。是以一念在淨土蓮華中，則必定託生。況佛菩薩以大誓願而招引乎？」

Longshu said: "The King of Great Physicians can cure all illnesses, but cannot cure a person whose life has reached its end. The Buddha can deliver all sentient beings, but cannot deliver any person who lacks faith; in not believing, this reaches an extremity comparable to having one's life exhausted. Now faith is just a single thought. When a person is alive, if the mental thought wishes to go, the body follows along; if the mental thought wishes to stay, the body follows and stays. Thus the body constantly follows the thought. There are also times when the thought wishes to go, but the body is held back. When a person dies, there is only this single thought. Therefore, if a single thought is in the lotus blossom of the Pure Land, one will definitely take rebirth there. How much more so when the buddhas and bodhisattvas invite and beckon with their great vows!"