淨土五會念佛略法事儀讚 1.3

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問曰：五會念佛有何利益？復何所表？答曰：即於此生，為能離五濁煩惱，除五苦、斷五蓋、截五趣，淨五眼、具五根、成五力，得菩提，具五解脫，速能成就五分法身。五會念佛功力如斯，最勝無比。盡此一形，頓捨最後凡夫之身，生極樂國入菩薩聖位，得不退轉疾至菩提，實為佛。任此事，終不虛也。

Question: What benefits are there in the five-tone buddha-mindfulness? What does it symbolize? Answer: In this very life, it is able to abandon the afflictions of the five turbidities, eradicate the five sufferings, cut off the five hindrances, sever the five destinies, purify the five eyes, endow one with the five faculties, accomplish the five powers, attain bodhi, endow one with the five liberations, and swiftly accomplish the fivefold dharma body. Such is the functional power of the five-tone buddha-mindfulness, supreme and peerless. Exhausting this single bodily form, one immediately sheds the final physical body of an ordinary being, is born in the Land of Sukhāvatī, enters the holy ranks of the bodhisattvas, attains the stage of non-retrogression, and swiftly arrives at bodhi. This is truly the work of the Buddha; undertake this practice, and it will never be in vain.