寶王三昧念佛直指 2.45

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淨直向讀雲棲大師法語，便知有淨土法門，然猶謂淨業與禪正如春蘭秋菊，不妨各擅其美，未知淨業即是無上深妙禪也。自丁亥冬，登祖堂禮蕅益大師，聞禪淨不二之談，謂不惟不可分，亦且無待合。雖慕之，而竊疑之。今讀此念佛直指，方信蕅師實非臆說，兼信永明大師四料簡語直不我欺。故力募眾緣，刻印流通，而眾友亦各歡喜樂助，當知阿彌陀佛弘誓願力貫徹于人心久矣。刻既成，敬跋數語以識法喜。辛卯中秋望月，淨業弟子車淨直書于四蓮居，時年六十。

Formerly, when I, Jingzhi, read the Dharma words of Master Yunqi, I came to know of the Pure Land gate. However, I still considered pure karma and Chan to be just like spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums, each having its own beauty, without knowing that pure karma is itself the unsurpassed, profound, and wondrous Chan. In the winter of the dinghai year, I went to the Ancestral Hall to pay respects to Master Ouyi and heard the discourse on the non-duality of Chan and the Pure Land, stating that not only can they not be divided, but they also do not wait to be joined. Although I admired this, I secretly doubted it. Now, having read this 'Direct Pointers to Buddha-Mindfulness,' I finally believe that Master Ouyi's words were truly not mere personal conjecture, and I also believe that Master Yongming's Fourfold Evaluation does not deceive me at all. Therefore, I made every effort to solicit broad support to carve the printing blocks and circulate the text, and all my friends also rejoiced and gladly contributed. One should know that the great vow-power of Amitābha has long penetrated human minds! The carving now complete, I respectfully write a few lines of afterword to record this Dharma joy. On the full moon of mid-autumn in the xinmao year, Che Jingzhi, disciple of pure karma, wrote this at the Four Lotuses Abode, at the age of sixty.