往生禮讚偈 1.4

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問曰：今欲勸人往生者，未知若為安心起行作業定得往生彼國土也？答曰：必欲生彼國土者，如《觀經》說者，具三心必得往生。何等為三？一者至誠心，所謂身業禮拜彼佛、口業讚歎稱揚彼佛、意業專念觀察彼佛。凡起三業，必須真實，故名至誠心。二者深心，即是真實信心，信知自身是具足煩惱凡夫、善根薄少，流轉三界、不出火宅。今信知彌陀本弘誓願及稱名號，下至十聲一聲等定得往生，乃至一念無有疑心，故名深心。三者回向發願心，所作一切善根悉皆回願往生，故名回向發願心。具此三心必得生也，若少一心即不得生，如《觀經》具說。應知。

Question: Now, wishing to urge people to attain rebirth, how should one settle the mind, initiate practice, and perform deeds so as to definitely attain rebirth in that land? Answer: For those who definitely wish to be born in that land, as spoken in the Contemplation Sūtra, possessing the three minds will definitely bring rebirth. What are the three? The first is the sincere mind: namely, bodily karma in worshipping that Buddha, verbal karma in praising and glorifying that Buddha, and mental karma in exclusively contemplating that Buddha. Whenever initiating these three karmic actions, one must be genuine, hence it is named the 'sincere mind'. The second is the deep mind: that is, the mind of true faith. It is believing and knowing that one's own person is an ordinary being endowed with afflictions and scant roots of virtue, transmigrating in the three realms and unable to escape the burning house. Now, believing and knowing that Amitābha’s primal and great universal vows, as well as the recitation of the name down to ten times or even once, definitely brings rebirth, without even a single thought of doubt, it is therefore named the 'deep mind'. The third is the mind of dedication and aspiration: dedicating all roots of virtue performed and aspiring for rebirth, hence it is named the 'mind of dedication and aspiration'. Endowed with these three minds, one will definitely attain rebirth; if lacking even one mind, one will not attain rebirth, as fully explained in the Contemplation Sūtra. One should know this.