龍舒增廣淨土文 8.19

8.19

予近附舟至鎮江，閘中𨷂水不能行。乃於金山借四經，即《阿彌陀經》也，欲校勘刊板廣傳。舉筆之時，右手有風，其指自掉，寫字不便。予乃舉指，念阿彌陀佛與觀世音菩薩數聲，禱告乞除風疾以成就寫此經。禱畢，指遂不掉，以至終帙無恙。以此見佛與菩薩只在目前，但人信心不至耳。

Recently, I boarded a boat to Zhenjiang; the lock lacked water, so it could not proceed. I then borrowed four sūtras—that is, the Amitābha-sūtra—from Jinshan, intending to collate and carve printing blocks to distribute them widely. At the time I raised my brush, there was wind in my right hand, and the fingers shook of themselves, making writing inconvenient. I then raised my fingers, recited the names of Amitābha Buddha and Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva several times, and prayed, begging for the removal of the wind affliction in order to successfully copy this sūtra. When my prayer was finished, my fingers thereupon ceased to shake, such that right to the end of the fascicle there was no trouble. From this it can be seen that the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are right before our eyes; it is only that people's faith does not reach them.