龍舒增廣淨土文 10.20

10.20

想右脚大指腫爛流惡水，漸漸至脛至膝至腰，左脚亦如此漸漸爛，過腰上至腹至胸以至頸頂，盡皆爛了唯有白骨。次分明歷歷觀看白骨，一一盡見。靜心觀看，良久乃思看白骨者是誰？白骨是誰？是知身體與我常為二物矣。又漸漸離白骨觀看。先離一丈，以至五丈十丈乃至百丈千丈。是知白骨與我了不相干也。常作此想，則我與形骸本為二物。我暫住於形骸中，豈可謂此形骸終久不壞而我常住其中？如此便可濟生死矣。況我去此則往淨土乎？日日作此想，更別有所得。如人飲水冷熱自知，不假於言傳也。

Visualize the big toe of the right foot rotting, swollen, and oozing foul water, gradually reaching the shin, the knee, and the waist; the left foot likewise gradually rots, passing the waist, moving upward to the abdomen, the chest, and up to the neck and crown, completely rotted away, leaving only white bones. Next, clearly and distinctly observe the white bones, seeing each and every one completely. Observing with a calm mind, after a long while, then reflect: who is it that looks at the white bones? Whose white bones are they? From this, one knows that the body and 'I' have always been two separate things. Then gradually step away from the white bones to observe them: first one zhang away, up to five zhang, ten zhang, even a hundred zhang or a thousand zhang away. From this, one knows that the white bones and 'I' are completely unrelated. If one constantly engages in this visualization, then 'I' and the bodily frame are originally two separate things. I temporarily reside within the bodily frame; how could it be said that this bodily frame will never decay and that I will constantly reside within it? In this way, one can cross over birth and death. How much more so when, leaving this place, I go to the Pure Land! Practicing this contemplation daily, one will gain something further. Like a person drinking water, knowing for oneself whether it is cold or warm, it does not rely on verbal transmission.