龍舒增廣淨土文 10.24

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龍舒王虛中學力深至，所解六經語孟老莊，要為不蹈襲前人一言一字，其用志勤矣。一旦棄去，專修西方之教，作淨土文，精粗淺深且有條理。以是印施有緣，奔走於江浙諸郡。又將親往建安刊版，於鬻書肆中汲汲然若不可一日緩者。我聞《無量壽經》「眾生聞是佛名，信心歡喜，乃至一念，願生彼國，即得往生，住不退轉。」不退轉者，梵語謂之阿惟越致，《法華經》謂彌勒菩薩所得報地也。一念往生，便同彌勒。佛語不虛，應皆信受。

Wang Xuzhong of Longshu possessed profound learning. His explanations of the Six Classics, the Analects, Mencius, Laozi, and Zhuangzi avoided copying a single word or phrase from predecessors; his application of purpose was diligent indeed! One day he cast them aside and exclusively cultivated the teaching of the West, composing the Pure Land Writings, which are orderly in both fine and coarse, shallow and deep. Using these, he printed and distributed them to those with affinity, hastening through the various commanderies of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Furthermore, he intended to go in person to Jian'an to carve the printing blocks, busying himself among the bookshops as if he could not delay for even a single day. I have heard that the Amitāyus-sūtra says: 'If sentient beings hear this Buddha's name, revere it with joy in faith, and even for a single thought-moment wish to be born in that land, they immediately attain rebirth and dwell in non-retrogression.' 'Non-retrogression' in Sanskrit is called avinivartanīya; the Lotus Sūtra calls it the retribution ground attained by Maitreya Bodhisattva. With rebirth in a single thought-moment, one is identical to Maitreya. The Buddha's words are not empty; all should faithfully accept them.