[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) › 7.7 # 廬山蓮宗寶鑑 7.7 廬山蓮宗寶鑑 7.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.7.7) 「萬法從心生，萬法從心滅， 我佛大沙門，常作如是說。 持戒無信願，不得生淨土， 唯得人天福，福盡受輪迴， 展轉難脫離。看經無慧眼， 不識佛深意，後世得聰明， 亂心難出離。不如念佛好， 現世無名利，行坐不多羅， 則是阿彌陀，發願持戒力。 回向生樂國，正是合行持， 千中不失一，釋迦金口說， 彌陀親攝授。諸佛皆護念， 諸天善護持，見此念佛人， 與佛不相遠，應當坐道場， 轉于大法輪，普度無邊眾。 譬如貧家女，腹孕轉輪王， 諸天常愛護，貧女自不知， 腹中有貴子。今此念佛人， 其意亦如是，憶佛常念佛， 不久當成佛，諸佛善護持。 其人自不知，我當生淨土， 却要來後世，再得生人中。 譬如貧人家，地內有伏藏， 藏神常守護，不令其有失。 貧人自不知，家內有寶藏， 逐日趁客作，求衣食自濟。 今此念佛人，其意亦如是， 不知念佛人，具足如來藏， 自說我無分，返要生人中。 譬如病人家，自有真妙藥， 不知妙藥性，不能自治病， 每日床枕邊，痛苦受無量。 今此念佛人，其意亦如是， 不知念佛心，能滅貪瞋病， 能為大醫王，能為大寶藏， 利濟一切人，能為大法王， 覆護一切眾；將為是凡夫， 不得生淨土，且自持齋戒， 後世願為人，展轉更修行， 方可生彼國。多見修行人， 常作如是說，不稱彌陀願， 不合淨土經，邪見障覆心， 畢竟難出離，非是他人障， 皆是自障心，今世不得生， 一蹉是百蹉。勸汝修行人， 信我如來說，佛無不實語， 豈是虛誑言？但當自精勤， 一心求淨土，因風吹於火， 用力不消多。幸有念佛心， 回願超三界。逢寶不取寶， 遇食受飢寒，咄哉大丈夫， 不見真實意。我今略勸讚， 展轉傳與人，代我廣流通， 作於如來使，真是諸佛子， 真名報佛恩。普願如說行， 同生極樂國。」 > 'All dharmas are born from the mind, > all dharmas perish from the mind; > our Buddha, the Great Śramaṇa, > always spoke in this manner. > Upholding precepts without faith and vows, > one cannot be reborn in the Pure Land; > one obtains only human and heavenly blessings— > when blessings are exhausted, one suffers transmigration, > turning repeatedly, hard to escape. > Reading sūtras without the eye of wisdom, > one does not recognize the Buddha's profound meaning; > though gaining cleverness in future lives, > with a confused mind, it is hard to escape. > It is better to practice buddhānusmṛti: > in the present life there is no fame or profit, > walking or sitting, no superfluous talk— > this then is Amitābha. > By the power of making vows and holding precepts, > dedicating them for rebirth in the Land of Joy, > this precisely accords with the practice to maintain, > not one will fail among a thousand. > Spoken by the golden mouth of Śākyamuni, > Amitābha personally embraces and receives. > All Buddhas protect and keep them in mind, > all the devas well guard and sustain them. > Seeing this practitioner of buddhānusmṛti, > they are not far from the Buddha; > they ought to sit in the place of awakening, > turn the great wheel of the Dharma, > and broadly deliver boundless sentient beings. > Just like a poor woman > pregnant with a wheel-turning king, > all the devas constantly cherish and guard her, > yet the poor woman herself does not know > that she has a noble son in her womb. > Now this practitioner of buddhānusmṛti, > their situation is also like this: > recalling the Buddha and constantly mindful of the Buddha, > before long they will become a Buddha; > all the Buddhas well guard and sustain them. > That person does not know themselves: > "I ought to be reborn in the Pure Land," > yet they wish, in a future life, > to be born again among humans. > Just like the house of a poor person, > where there is a hidden treasure underground, > the treasure guardian constantly guards it, > not allowing it to be lost. > The poor person does not know themselves > that there is a treasure store within the house; > day after day they pursue wage labor, > seeking food and clothing to sustain themselves. > Now this practitioner of buddhānusmṛti, > their situation is also like this: > they do not know that a practitioner of buddhānusmṛti > fully possesses the tathāgatagarbha, > yet they themselves say, "I have no share in it," > and wish instead to be born among humans. > Just like a sick person's house, > which possesses genuine, wondrous medicine, > yet not knowing the nature of the wondrous medicine, > they cannot cure their own illness, > every day by their bed and pillow > they endure boundless agony. > Now this practitioner of buddhānusmṛti, > their situation is also like this: > they do not know that the mind of buddhānusmṛti > can extinguish the disease of greed and anger, > can be a great medicine king, > can be a great treasury of jewels, > benefiting and rescuing all people, > can be a great Dharma king, > sheltering and protecting all beings; > yet they consider themselves an ordinary person > unable to be reborn in the Pure Land, > and merely uphold fasts and precepts on their own, > vowing to be human in future lives, > to cultivate further by turns, > only then being able to be reborn in that land. > Often one sees practitioners > regularly speaking like this, > not matching Amitābha's vow, > not according with the Pure Land sūtras; > wrong views veil their minds, > in the end it is hard to escape— > it is not an obstacle caused by others, > it is entirely their own mind obstructing itself; > if they fail to attain rebirth in this life, > one mistake becomes a hundred mistakes. > I urge you practitioners > to believe what our Tathāgata says: > the Buddha has no words that are not true, > how could they be false and deceitful words? > Just be diligent on your own, > seeking the Pure Land with single-mindedness; > using the wind to blow upon the fire, > little effort is spent. > Fortunately possessing the mind of buddhānusmṛti, > dedicate your vows to transcend the three realms. > Encountering treasure and not taking treasure, > encountering food and enduring hunger and cold— > alas, great heroes, > who fail to see the true meaning! > Now I briefly urge and praise, > pass it along by turns to others, > widely propagate it on my behalf, > acting as envoys of the Tathāgata; > truly being disciples of all Buddhas, > this is truly called repaying the Buddha's kindness. > I universally vow that you practice as taught, > and be reborn together in the Land of Sukhāvatī.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.7.6) - [Next: 7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.7.8) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973~en-mt.7.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.7.7) · Pramāṇa