廬山蓮宗寶鑑 2.37

2.37

慈雲式懺主云「在俗人塵務忙冗，每日清晨服飾已，面西合掌念南無阿彌陀佛，盡一口氣為一念。如是十念，但隨氣短長，氣極為度，其念佛聲不高不低調停得中。如此十念連續不斷，意在令心不散專精為功，顯是藉氣束心也。」回向云：「某一心歸命西方阿彌陀佛，願以淨光攝我。我今稱如來名經十念頃，求生西方。佛昔本誓：若有眾生，欲生我剎，十念我名。若不生我國者，我誓不成佛。今以十念功德，願命終時心不顛倒，於一念頃生極樂國，聞佛妙法速證菩提。」可謂信心如不退，決定禮金僊。

Repentance Master Ciyun Zunshi said: 'Laypeople are busy with worldly affairs. Every day in early morning, having dressed, face west, join the palms, and recite "Namo Amitābha Buddha," taking one full breath as one recitation. In this way do ten recitations, simply following the length of the breath, taking the exhaustion of breath as the measure; let the sound of buddhānusmṛti be neither high nor low, harmonized in moderation. With these ten recitations continuous and unbroken, the purpose is to keep the mind unscattered and take focused dedication as the practice; it clearly relies on the breath to restrain the mind.' Dedicate [merit] saying: 'I, [Name], single-mindedly take refuge in Western Amitābha Buddha, praying that you gather me with pure light. I now recite the Tathāgata's name for the span of ten recitations, seeking birth in the West. The Buddha previously made a fundamental vow: "If there are sentient beings who wish to be born in my land and recite my name ten times, if they should not be born in my land, I vow not to become a Buddha." Now through the merit of these ten recitations, I pray that at the end of life my mind will not be disordered, that in a single thought-moment I will be born in the Realm of Sukhāvatī, and hearing the Buddha's wondrous Dharma, swiftly realize bodhi.' This can truly be called: 'If faith does not regress, / One is certain to worship the Golden Immortal.'