龍舒增廣淨土文 12.51

12.51

梁氏女雙瞽而眼明，憑氏夫人久病而痊愈，陳仲舉冤鬼遂去，劉慧仲夜臥不驚，此生前念佛之效也。姚婆見佛像於空中，曇鑑得蓮華於瓶內，懷玉承金臺迎接，智舜覩孔雀之飛鳴，此臨終往生之効也。志通有五色祥雲，李氏得三根不壞，寶藏有童子出於頂上，公則有金色現於洛中，此身後示視之效也。生淨土者有進無退，直至於成佛，是勸一人修淨土，乃成就一眾生作佛也。凡作佛者必度無量眾生，彼所度之眾生皆由我而始，故勸人修者福德不可窮盡。大慈菩薩偈云「能勸一人修，比自己精進。勸至十餘人，福德已無量。如勸百與千，名為真菩薩。又能過萬數，即是阿彌陀。」又云「骨肉恩情相愛，難期白首團圓，幾多強壯亡身，更有嬰孩命盡。勸念阿彌陀佛，七寶池中化生，聚會永無別離，萬劫長生快樂。」古詩云「萬般將不去，唯有業隨身。」已上詳見龍舒淨土文王日休勸緣。

The daughter of the Liang family was blind in both eyes yet her vision became clear; Lady Ping had been long ill yet fully recovered; the vengeful ghost pursuing Chen Zhongju thereupon departed; Liu Huizhong slept at night without being startled: these are the efficacies of recollection of the Buddha during one's lifetime. Old woman Yao saw an image of the Buddha in the sky; Tanjian obtained a lotus flower inside his vase; Huaiyu was welcomed by a golden dais; Zhishun beheld peacocks flying and calling: these are the efficacies of rebirth at the end of life. For Zhitong there were five-colored auspicious clouds; Lady Li obtained three indestructible organs; for Baozang a youth emerged from the crown of his head; for Gongze a golden light appeared in Luoyang: these are the efficacies manifest after death. Those who are born in the Pure Land advance without retrogression straight until they achieve buddhahood; thus, encouraging one person to cultivate the Pure Land is bringing about one sentient being's becoming a buddha. Every person who becomes a buddha will inevitably deliver immeasurable sentient beings, and the sentient beings delivered by them all originate from oneself; therefore, the merit of encouraging others to cultivate is inexhaustible. The verse of Great Compassion Bodhisattva says: / 'To be able to encourage one person to cultivate / is superior to one's own diligence. / If one encourages up to ten or more people, / one's merit is already immeasurable. / If one encourages hundreds and thousands, / one is called a true bodhisattva. / If one can further exceed ten thousand in number, / one is none other than Amitābha.' / It also says: / 'Though flesh and blood cherish affection and love one another, / it is hard to expect to be reunited till white hairs; / how many who are strong lose their lives, / and still more infants meet their end! / I urge you to recollect Amitābha Buddha / and take transformation birth in the seven-jeweled pond; / gathering together there will never be separation, / with eternal life and joy for myriad kalpas.' / An ancient poem says: / 'Not one of the myriad things can be taken along; / only karma accompanies the body.' / The above is seen in detail in the Longshu Pure Land Writings, Wang Rixiu's encouragement of conditions.