龍舒增廣淨土文 6.28

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為農者當自念云：農業雖為務本，然耕田種地，殺害微細物命亦不為少。此雖無可奈何，若能委由全護、懺悔前失，常念阿彌陀佛，發大願云：「願我見佛得道之後，先度耕種以來一切所殺微細眾生，次度一切冤親眾生。」常作此念，使念念不絕，念自純熟，定生極樂世界。若轉以化人，使更相勸化，現世獲福，身後必中上品生。

Those who are farmers should reflect to themselves thus: 'Although agriculture is the fundamental occupation, yet when plowing the fields and planting the earth, the slaughter and harm to minute living beings is by no means small. Although this cannot be avoided, if one can do one's utmost to protect them fully, repent of past transgressions, constantly recollect Amitābha Buddha, and make a great vow saying: "May I, after seeing the Buddha and attaining the Way, first deliver all the minute sentient beings killed since I began farming, and next deliver all sentient beings, whether enemies or kin." If one constantly maintains this thought, letting thought after thought be uninterrupted, and thoughts naturally become pure and ripe, one will definitely be born in Sukhāvatī.' If one turns around to transform others, causing them to exhort and transform one another in turn, one will obtain blessings in this present life, and after death will certainly be born in the middle and highest grades.