龍舒增廣淨土文 6.22

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骨肉恩愛者當自念云：大慈菩薩有偈云「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。」不能如是，徒為好衣以華其身、美食以悅其口，一旦分離，無著力處，故生前宜相勸以念佛。若又能轉以化人，使更相勸化，是不徒使己之骨肉有無窮之恩愛，亦使他人骨肉有無窮之恩愛。其福報豈有窮盡？必中上品生。

Those with deep affection for kin should reflect to themselves thus: The Bodhisattva of Great Compassion has a verse that says:
'Kin loving one another with affection and love / Can hardly expect to reunite in white-haired old age.
How many robust youths lose their lives! / Even more, infants meet their end.
I exhort you to recollect Amitābha Buddha, / And be transformation-born in the seven-jeweled pond.
Meeting together, there will never be separation; / For ten thousand kalpas, long life and joy.'
If one cannot do this, one will vainly provide fine clothing to adorn their bodies and delicious food to delight their palates; once separated, there is no place to exert effort. Therefore, during life, one should exhort one another to recollect the Buddha. If one can also turn around to transform others, causing them to exhort and transform one another in turn, this not only enables one's own kin to enjoy endless affection and love, but also enables the kin of others to enjoy endless affection and love. How could such retribution of blessings ever be exhausted? One will certainly be born in the middle and highest grades.