[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) › [廬山蓮宗寶鑑](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973) › 5.8 # 廬山蓮宗寶鑑 5.8 廬山蓮宗寶鑑 5.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.5.8) 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.5.7) - [Next: 5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.5.9) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973~en-mt.5.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.5.8) · Pramāṇa