龍舒增廣淨土文 12.12

12.12

我弟子某甲，一心歸命極樂世界阿彌陀佛，願以淨光照我、慈誓攝我。我今正念稱如來名經十念頃，為菩提道求生淨土。佛昔本誓：若有眾生欲生我國，至心信樂乃至十念，若不生者不取正覺，唯除五逆誹謗正法。我今自憶，此生已來不造逆罪、不謗大乘，願此十念得入如來大誓海中，承佛慈力眾罪消滅、淨因增長。若臨欲命終，自知時至，身不病苦、心無貪戀，心不倒散如入禪定，佛及聖眾手持金臺來迎接我。如一念頃生極樂國，華開見佛，即聞佛乘頓開佛慧，廣度眾生滿菩提願（作此願已便止，不必禮拜。要盡此一生不得一日暫廢。唯將不廢，自要其心，得生彼國）。

"I, disciple [so-and-so], with single-minded devotion take refuge in Amitābha Buddha of Sukhāvatī. I pray that your pure light illuminates me and your compassionate vows embrace me. I now, in right mindfulness, recite the name of the Tathāgata for the duration of ten recitations, seeking rebirth in the Pure Land for the sake of the path of awakening. The Buddha made a primal vow of old: 'If there are sentient beings who wish to be born in my land, with sincere mind, faith, and joy, down to ten recitations, and they are not born there, may I not attain right awakening—excepted only are those who commit the five heinous offenses and revile the true Dharma.' I now recall of myself that from this life onwards I have not committed heinous crimes nor reviled the Mahāyāna. I pray that through these ten recitations I may enter the great ocean of the Tathāgata's vows, and, relying on the Buddha's compassionate power, all my offenses may be eradicated and pure causes increase. When my life draws to an end, may I know of myself the time has come; may my body be free from sickness and suffering, my mind free from craving and attachment, my mind free from confusion and distraction as if entering meditative absorption; and may the Buddha together with the holy multitude, bearing a golden dais in hand, come to welcome me. In the space of a single thought, may I be born in Sukhāvatī; may the flower open and let me see the Buddha, immediately hear the Buddha Vehicle, suddenly open Buddha-wisdom, and broadly deliver sentient beings, fulfilling the vow of bodhi." (Having made this vow, one simply stops; there is no need to prostrate. One must maintain this throughout this entire life, not neglecting it even for a single day. Only by not neglecting it and disciplining one's mind will one attain rebirth in that land.)