龍舒增廣淨土文 8.19

8.19

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.