龍舒增廣淨土文 4.42

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齊戒潔己、清心靜慮，面西安坐、閉目默然，觀想阿彌陀佛真金色身，在西方七寶池中，大蓮花上坐。其身長丈六，兩眉中間向上有白毫一條，八稜中空右旋轉五匝，光明照曜金色面與金色身。次停心注想於白毫，更不得妄有分毫他念，當令閉眼開眼悉皆見之，蓋欲念念不忘也。如此久久念心成熟，自然感應見佛全身。此法最為上，謂心想佛時，此心即是佛。又過於口念也，身後必上品上生。唐啟芳、圓果二人作觀想法只五月，自覺身到淨土，見佛聞法，載在第五卷。所謂《十六觀經》者，詳說諸觀想法，又不止此而已。

Purifying oneself with precepts, cleansing the mind and calming thoughts, sitting peacefully facing west, closing the eyes in silence, visualize the true golden body of Amitābha Buddha seated upon a great lotus flower in the Western seven-jeweled pond. His body is sixteen feet tall; between his eyebrows, pointing upward, is a white curl of hair, eight-faceted, hollow inside, coiling to the right five times, its radiance illuminating his golden face and golden body. Next, settle the mind and focus attention on the white curl, without allowing the slightest wandering thought to arise; make it so that whether closing or opening the eyes, one sees it completely, wishing never to forget it thought after thought. Practicing like this for a long time until the mindful heart matures, stimulus and response will naturally occur and one will see the Buddha's entire body. This method is the most supreme: when the mind thinks of the Buddha, this mind is itself the Buddha. It surpasses oral recitation; after death one is certain to attain the highest level of the highest grade. During the Tang dynasty, Qifang and Yuanguo practiced the visualization method for only five months and felt their bodies arrive in the Pure Land, seeing the Buddha and hearing the Dharma, which is recorded in Fascicle 5. The so-called Sūtra of the Sixteen Contemplations details the various visualization methods, which are not limited to this alone.