龍舒增廣淨土文 4.44

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想阿彌陀佛身，極高徹天，所坐蓮華亦相稱。及注想眉間白毫，一一如前篇所言之法。此法最為上，以心想佛時，此心即是佛。其想極大，則其念極大故也。若未能如此，且想小像，亦可唯要專精，不得散亂。據《觀經》云「觀想阿彌陀佛身相光明，如百千萬億閻浮檀金色。佛身高六十萬億那由他恒河沙由旬，眉間白毫如五須彌山，佛眼如四大海水，青白分明，以無緣慈攝取眾生。」閻浮檀金者，極大極美之金也。那由他者，萬億也。由旬者，六十里也。據此所說，豈可窮盡？只一恒河沙由旬，其大已不可言矣，況六十萬億之萬億恒河沙由旬乎！

Visualize Amitābha Buddha's body as exceedingly tall, reaching up to the sky, with the lotus flower on which he sits proportionally large. Then focus attention on the white curl of hair between his eyebrows, completely according to the method described in the preceding chapter. This method is the most supreme, because when the mind thinks of the Buddha, this mind is itself the Buddha. As the visualization is exceedingly great, the mindfulness is likewise exceedingly great. If one is unable to do this, visualizing a small image is also acceptable; one only needs to be single-minded and concentrated, not scattered. According to the Contemplation Sūtra: 'Visualize the physical marks and radiance of Amitābha Buddha as resembling the color of Jāmbūnada gold of hundreds of thousands of koṭis [of worlds]. The Buddha's body is six hundred thousand koṭis of nayutas of Ganges sands of yojanas tall; the white curl of hair between his eyebrows is like five Sumeru Mountains; the Buddha's eyes are like the waters of the four great oceans, blue and white clearly distinct; with unconditioned compassion he gathers in sentient beings.' Jāmbūnada gold is the most vast and beautiful gold. A nayuta is ten thousand koṭis. A yojana is sixty li. According to what is said here, how could it ever be exhausted? A single yojana of Ganges sands is already inexpressibly vast, how much more so sixty trillion times ten thousand koṭis of Ganges sands of yojanas!