廬山蓮宗寶鑑 5.8

5.8

稽首西方安樂剎，彌陀世主大慈尊，
我依種種修多羅，成就往生決定信。
住大乘者清淨心，十念念彼無量壽，
臨終夢佛定往生，大寶積經如是說。
五逆地獄眾火現，值善知識發猛心，
十念稱佛即往生，十六觀經如是說。
若有歡喜愛樂心，下至十念即往生，
若不爾者不成佛，四十八願如是說。
諸有聞名生至心，一念回向即往生，
唯除五逆謗正法，無量壽經如是說。
臨終不能觀及念，但作生意知有佛，
此人氣絕即往生，大法鼓經如是說。
一日一夜懸繒蓋，專念往生心不斷，
臥中夢佛即往生，無量壽經如是說。
晝夜一日稱佛名，慇懃精進不斷絕，
展轉相勸同往生，大悲經中如是說。
一日二日至七日，執持名號心不亂，
佛現其前即往生，阿彌陀經如是說。
若人聞彼阿彌陀，一日二日若過等，
繫念現前即往生，般舟經中如是說。
一日一夜六時中，五體禮佛念不斷，
現見彼佛即往生，鼓音王經如是說。
十日十夜持齋戒，縣繒旛蓋然香燈，
繫念不斷得往生，大彌陀經如是說。
若人專念一方佛，或行或坐七七日，
現身見佛即往生，大集經中如是說。
若人自誓常經行，九十日中不坐臥，
三昧中見阿彌陀，佛立經中如是說。
若人端坐正西向，九十日中常念佛，
能成三昧生佛前，文殊般若如是說。
我於眾經頌少分，如是說者無窮盡，
願同聞者生正信，佛語真實不欺誑。
佛既顯言易往生，幸各正信無疑惑。

I bow my head to the realm of Peace and Bliss in the West, / to Amitābha, Sovereign of the World and Great Compassionate Honoured One.
Relying on the various sūtras, / I establish decisive faith in rebirth.
Those who abide in the Great Vehicle with pure minds, / mindful of that [Buddha of] Immeasurable Life for ten thoughts,
will certainly be reborn upon dreaming of the Buddha at the end of life; / so says the Mahāratnakūṭa-sūtra.
When the fires of the hell for the five heinous sins appear, / encountering a good spiritual friend and generating a fierce mind,
one is immediately reborn upon ten recitations of the Buddha; / so says the Sixteen Contemplations Sūtra.
If there is a mind of joy and delight, / down to ten recitations one is immediately reborn;
if it were not so, he would not attain buddhahood; / so say the forty-eight vows.
All who hear the name and generate an utmost mind, / dedicating [it] in a single thought, are immediately reborn,
excepting only those who commit the five heinous sins and slander the True Dharma; / so says the Sukhāvatīvyūha-sūtra.
At the end of life, unable to contemplate or recollect, / merely forming the intention and knowing there is a Buddha,
when this person's breath ceases, he is immediately reborn; / so says the Mahābherīhāraka-sūtra.
For a day and a night hanging silk canopies, / single-mindedly mindful of rebirth without interruption,
in sleep one dreams of the Buddha and is immediately reborn; / so says the Sukhāvatīvyūha-sūtra.
Day and night for one day reciting the Buddha's name, / with diligent exertion without ceasing,
mutually encouraging one another to be reborn together; / so says the Mahākaruṇā-sūtra.
For one day, two days, up to seven days, / upholding the name with an undisturbed mind,
the Buddha appears before them and they are immediately reborn; / so says the Amitābha-sūtra.
If a person hears of that Amitābha, / for one day, two days, or more,
binding mindfulness so that [he] appears before them, they are immediately reborn; / so says the Pratyutpanna-sūtra.
For a day and a night during the six periods of the day, / bowing to the Buddha with the five limbs with continuous mindfulness,
directly seeing that Buddha, one is immediately reborn; / so says the Drum Sound King Sūtra.
For ten days and ten nights upholding the fasting precepts, / hanging silk banners and canopies, lighting incense and lamps,
with continuous focused mindfulness one attains rebirth; / so says the Larger Amitābha Sūtra.
If a person is single-mindedly mindful of a Buddha of one direction, / whether walking or sitting for seven times seven days,
directly seeing the Buddha in this body, he is immediately reborn; / so says the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra.
If a person takes a vow to constantly practice walking meditation, / neither sitting nor lying down for ninety days,
he sees Amitābha within samādhi; / so says the Buddha-Standing Sūtra.
If a person sits upright facing due west, / constantly mindful of the Buddha for ninety days,
he will be able to accomplish samādhi and be born before the Buddha; / so says the Mañjuśrī Prajñā.
I have praised a small part of the many sūtras; / such statements are inexhaustible.
May all who hear generate correct faith; / the Buddha's words are true and do not deceive.
Since the Buddha has plainly stated that rebirth is easy, / may each fortunately have correct faith without doubt.