[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [龍舒增廣淨土文](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970) › 6.72 # 龍舒增廣淨土文 6.72 龍舒增廣淨土文 6.72 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.6.72) 人家生男，七歲即令入學，蓋欲曉解文義長大成立。父母之心莫不如是。不知人生難保、少得高年，或遇冤家以致橫死，或與父母宿為冤業託生其家，惱害父母、敗壞家產。奉勸為父母者，兒童方能言時，即語以日念西方四聖號十聲、大慈菩薩偈一遍，及誦淨土真言，此止五十九字甚易誦持。若日滿五百遍或千遍，不一年二年可足三十萬遍。自六歲誦起，七歲乃畢，不妨入學習讀。縱此生無冤惡，亦為此大善，必消災增福。若或有之，因此持誦，遂得以免，不亦善乎。若不信此言，臨時悔之無益。孔子曰：「不曰如之何如之何者，吾末如之何也已。」 > When a family gives birth to a boy, at the age of seven they send him to school, wishing him to understand literature and meaning, and to grow up to establish himself. No parents' hearts are otherwise. Yet they do not know that human life is difficult to preserve and few attain an advanced age; or that one may encounter karmic enemies and suffer an unnatural death; or that, having past karmic enmities with the parents, a child is reborn in their household to harass the parents and ruin the family estate. I respectfully advise parents that as soon as a child can speak, tell him to recite daily the names of the four sages of the Western \[Pure Land\] ten times, the verse of Great Compassion Bodhisattva once, and the Pure Land Dhāraṇī; this is only fifty-nine characters and very easy to recite and maintain. If completed five hundred or a thousand times daily, in less than one or two years it will amount to thirty thousand times. If one begins reciting at age six and finishes at age seven, it will not hinder entering school and learning to read. Even if in this life there are no enmities or evils, performing this great good will surely dispel calamities and increase blessings. If there should be any, through this recitation one will be able to avoid them—is this not good? If one does not believe these words, regretting it when the time comes will be of no avail. Confucius said: "If a man does not say, 'What should I do? What should I do?' there is nothing I can do with him." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.6.71) - [Next: 6.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.6.73) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970~en-mt.6.72) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.6.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.6.72) · Pramāṇa