淨土五會念佛略法事儀讚 1.44

1.44

正法樂正法樂，正法不思議（正法樂）。
釋迦如來因地時（正法樂），歷劫苦行不思議（正法樂），
頓捨身財求妙法（正法樂），唯佛與佛乃能知（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法不思議（正法樂）。
雪山童子釋迦因（正法樂），為求半偈捨金身（正法樂），
善友求法僉兩因（正法樂），良由本國濟貧人（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法不思議（正法樂）。
慈力施身五夜叉（正法樂），檀王棄國捨榮華（正法樂），
須闡割身救父母（正法樂），布施妻兒號達拏（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法不思議（正法樂）。
月光發願捨千頭（正法樂），薩婆敲骨不懷憂（正法樂），
更作尸毘代鴿命（正法樂），不證菩提未擬休（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法不思議（正法樂）。
寶王割身燃千燈（正法樂），薩捶投崖飼大虫（正法樂），
慈善開心施五藏（正法樂），問汝眾生能不知（正法樂）？
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間。
本師苦行實難論（正法樂），子細尋思不忍問（正法樂），
向者所陳爾計事（正法樂），一一皆是釋迦因（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間。
布施持戒久精研（正法樂），忍辱精進不離禪（正法樂），
苦行勤修功滿足（正法樂），直論劫數不論年（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
釋迦如來因地時（正法樂），多劫苦行獨超倫（正法樂），
一一皆修無上業（正法樂），證得菩提出世間（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
本師苦行應真如（正法樂），實實相承無假虛（正法樂），
證得菩提無上果（正法樂），分身百億度閻浮（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
從天降下至王室（正法樂），託陰摩耶睡夢中（正法樂），
後園攀著無憂樹（正法樂），右脇便即誕真容（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
初生位次坐輪王（正法樂），震動天地放光明（正法樂），
為表釋迦應化身（正法樂），普令諸子離無常（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
九龍吐水洗神胎（正法樂），天人榮腋捧孾孩（正法樂），
便即東西行七步（正法樂），舉足下足踏蓮臺（正法樂），
長大踰城入雪山（正法樂），苦行又經強六年（正法樂），
身著草衣食麻麥（正法樂），跏趺攝念便歸禪（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
形容枯悴不思議（正法樂），牧女投身獻乳糜（正法樂），
食了河中自沐浴（正法樂），帝釋從空按樹枝（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
因茲成佛放光明（正法樂），金口所說化眾生（正法樂），
廣演三乘微妙法（正法樂），娑婆世界遍流行（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
成佛四十餘九十（正法樂），彼國經行遊五天（正法樂），
普勸眾生勤念佛（正法樂），亦教持戒及修禪（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
凡夫見佛漸輕微（正法樂），如來觀見却還歸（正法樂），
示現無常還報土（正法樂），閻浮眾生無所依（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
涅槃已後一千年（正法樂），法教流傳到此國（正法樂），
眾生轉讀依行學（正法樂），示成道果亦生天（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
故知欲得出煩籠（正法樂），一一依行本師宗（正法樂），
總道不修便作佛（正法樂），道理自看通不通（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
出家先且斷貪惱（正法樂），摧滅無明人我山（正法樂），
於此閻浮無染著（正法樂），始得往往出世間（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
無漏智性本來常（正法樂），久在無明被塵藏（正法樂），
眾生造罪無邊際（正法樂），若覓成佛錯永望（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
凡夫倒見不思惟（正法樂），所作所為不自知（正法樂），
惡業宛然無減損（正法樂），道我成佛大愚癡（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
大乘無念說空宗（正法樂），空却無明貪愛空（正法樂），
眾生倒見渾金錯（正法樂），撥無因果誑凡籠（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
莫嫌語質却懷瞋（正法樂），子細研窮總是真（正法樂），
已見錯行相指示（正法樂），終歸還是腹心入（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
譬如大病若為除（正法樂），受得火艾去根株（正法樂），
聞法既能自覺悟（正法樂），定生淨土會無餘（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
眾生努力念彌陀（正法樂），急要迅速更無過（正法樂），
祇為西方開九品（正法樂），和罪帶障出娑婆（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
眾生隨佛到西方（正法樂），微塵故業自消亡（正法樂），
如來願力親加被（正法樂），聞法悟道證真常（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
普告道場諸佛子（正法樂），各各發取菩提心（正法樂），
正法真宗須倣學（正法樂），定見外道不堪任（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
何者名之為正法（正法樂），若箇道理是真宗（正法樂），
好惡今時須決擇（正法樂），一一子細莫朦朧（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
持戒坐禪名正法（正法樂），念佛成佛是真宗（正法樂），
不取佛言名外道（正法樂），撥無因果見為空（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
禪律如何是正法（正法樂），念佛三昧是真宗（正法樂），
見性了心便是佛（正法樂），如何道理不相應（正法樂）？
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。
念佛聲聲下佛種（正法樂），坐禪持戒用真功（正法樂），
汝若不修便作佛（正法樂），喻若飢人空掩風（正法樂）。
正法樂正法樂，正法能超出世間（正法樂）。

Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma is inconceivable (Joy of the True Dharma).
When Śākyamuni Tathāgata was on the causal stage (Joy of the True Dharma),
his austerities through kalpas were inconceivable (Joy of the True Dharma).
Suddenly giving up body and wealth to seek the wondrous Dharma (Joy of the True Dharma),
only Buddha and Buddha can truly know it (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma is inconceivable (Joy of the True Dharma).
The Youth of the Snowy Mountains was Śākyamuni's cause (Joy of the True Dharma);
seeking half a verse, he cast away his golden body (Joy of the True Dharma).
Kalyāṇamitra seeking the Dharma gave both eyes (Joy of the True Dharma),
truly to relieve the poor people of his native land (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma is inconceivable (Joy of the True Dharma).
Maitrībala gave his body to the five yakṣas (Joy of the True Dharma);
King Dāna abandoned his kingdom, renouncing worldly glory (Joy of the True Dharma);
Śyāma cut his flesh to save his parents (Joy of the True Dharma);
giving away wife and child, he was named Sudāna (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma is inconceivable (Joy of the True Dharma).
Candraprabha made a vow to surrender a thousand heads (Joy of the True Dharma);
Sarvadāda had his bones struck without bearing sorrow (Joy of the True Dharma);
further becoming Śibi, he substituted for the dove's life (Joy of the True Dharma),
never intending to rest until realizing bodhi (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma is inconceivable (Joy of the True Dharma).
The Precious King cut his body to light a thousand lamps (Joy of the True Dharma);
Mahāsattva leaped from the cliff to feed the tigress (Joy of the True Dharma);
Cikitsā opened his chest to give away his five viscera (Joy of the True Dharma);
I ask you, sentient beings: how could you not know this? (Joy of the True Dharma)
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world.
The austerities of our Fundamental Teacher are truly difficult to relate (Joy of the True Dharma);
reflecting on them carefully, one cannot bear to ask (Joy of the True Dharma).
The deeds related just now (Joy of the True Dharma)
were each and every one the causes practiced by Śākyamuni (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world.
Giving and keeping precepts he thoroughly honed for long (Joy of the True Dharma);
forbearance and vigor never parted from meditation (Joy of the True Dharma).
Austerities diligently cultivated, his merits became complete (Joy of the True Dharma);
counting directly by kalpas, not by years (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
When Śākyamuni Tathāgata was on the causal stage (Joy of the True Dharma),
his austerities through many kalpas uniquely surpassed all peers (Joy of the True Dharma).
Each and every one cultivated supreme karma (Joy of the True Dharma),
realizing bodhi and transcending the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
The austerities of the Fundamental Teacher accorded with True Suchness (Joy of the True Dharma);
truly transmitted without falsity (Joy of the True Dharma).
Realizing the supreme fruit of bodhi (Joy of the True Dharma),
he manifested hundreds of millions of transformation bodies to deliver Jambudvīpa (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Descending from heaven into the royal palace (Joy of the True Dharma),
he entrusted his form to Māyā during her sleep and dreams (Joy of the True Dharma).
Reaching for the aśoka tree in the rear garden (Joy of the True Dharma),
from her right side his true countenance was born (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
At his first birth, he ranked as a wheel-turning king (Joy of the True Dharma);
shaking heaven and earth, he emitted bright light (Joy of the True Dharma).
To manifest Śākyamuni's nirmanakāya body (Joy of the True Dharma),
and universally lead all children to depart from impermanence (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Nine dragons spat water to bathe the divine babe (Joy of the True Dharma);
devas and humans received the infant under their arms with joy (Joy of the True Dharma).
He then took seven steps to the east and west (Joy of the True Dharma);
raising and lowering his feet, he trod upon lotus pedestals (Joy of the True Dharma).
Growing up, he leaped over the city wall and entered the Snowy Mountains (Joy of the True Dharma);
his austerities lasted for well over six years (Joy of the True Dharma).
Clothed in grass garments, subsisting on hemp and barley (Joy of the True Dharma),
he sat cross-legged, gathered his mindfulness, and entered meditation (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
His appearance was emaciated beyond conception (Joy of the True Dharma);
the cowherd maiden prostrated herself and offered milk-rice (Joy of the True Dharma).
Having eaten, he bathed himself in the river (Joy of the True Dharma);
Śakra lowered a tree branch from the sky (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Thereby attaining buddhahood, he emitted radiant light (Joy of the True Dharma);
what was spoken from his golden mouth transformed sentient beings (Joy of the True Dharma).
Widely expounding the subtle Dharma of the Three Vehicles (Joy of the True Dharma),
it circulated everywhere throughout the Sahā world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Attaining buddhahood for forty-nine years (Joy of the True Dharma),
in that country he walked and traveled across the Five Indies (Joy of the True Dharma).
He universally urged sentient beings diligently to practice buddha-mindfulness (Joy of the True Dharma),
and also taught keeping precepts and cultivating meditation (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Sentient beings came to treat the Buddha with slight regard (Joy of the True Dharma);
the Tathāgata perceived this and turned back to return (Joy of the True Dharma).
Manifesting impermanence, he returned to the reward land (Joy of the True Dharma);
sentient beings of Jambudvīpa had nothing left to rely on (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
One thousand years after his nirvāṇa (Joy of the True Dharma),
the teachings of the Dharma spread to this country (Joy of the True Dharma).
Sentient beings chanted, practiced, and studied them (Joy of the True Dharma);
some manifested the fruit of the path, and others were born in heaven (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Therefore know that if you wish to escape the cage of afflictions (Joy of the True Dharma),
you must practice every single tenet of the Fundamental Teacher (Joy of the True Dharma).
If one simply claims to become a Buddha without cultivation (Joy of the True Dharma),
look for yourself whether such principle holds true or not (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Leaving household life, first cut off greed and vexation (Joy of the True Dharma);
destroy the mountain of ignorance and ego (Joy of the True Dharma).
Without defilement or clinging to this Jambudvīpa (Joy of the True Dharma),
only then can one finally transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
The undefiled nature of wisdom is inherently constant (Joy of the True Dharma);
long immersed in ignorance, it is hidden by dust (Joy of the True Dharma).
When sentient beings create boundless sins (Joy of the True Dharma),
to seek buddhahood then is a completely mistaken expectation (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Ordinary people have inverted views and do not reflect (Joy of the True Dharma);
they do not know what they do or act (Joy of the True Dharma).
With their evil karma intact and unreduced (Joy of the True Dharma),
to say "I have attained buddhahood" is great folly (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
The Mahāyāna of non-thought speaks of the school of emptiness (Joy of the True Dharma);
it empties out ignorance, greed, and love (Joy of the True Dharma).
Sentient beings with inverted views mistake pure gold for brass (Joy of the True Dharma);
negating cause and effect, they deceive the cage of commoners (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Do not dislike plain words and harbor anger (Joy of the True Dharma);
examined carefully, it is all true (Joy of the True Dharma).
Having seen erroneous practice, I point it out to you (Joy of the True Dharma);
in the end, it comes from an intimate and earnest heart (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Just as when a great illness is to be eliminated (Joy of the True Dharma),
one undergoes moxibustion to eradicate its roots (Joy of the True Dharma).
If upon hearing the Dharma you can awaken yourself (Joy of the True Dharma),
you will surely be reborn in the Pure Land and realize the remainderless [nirvāṇa] (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Sentient beings, strive diligently to be mindful of Amitābha (Joy of the True Dharma);
in urgent necessity and swiftness, nothing surpasses this (Joy of the True Dharma).
Precisely because the West opens the nine grades (Joy of the True Dharma),
one brings one's sins and carries karmic obstacles to depart from the Sahā world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
When sentient beings follow the Buddha to the West (Joy of the True Dharma),
their past karma fine as dust will naturally perish (Joy of the True Dharma).
Directly empowered by the Tathāgata's vow-power (Joy of the True Dharma),
they hear the Dharma, awaken to the path, and realize the true and eternal (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
I universally announce to all disciples of the Buddha in the bodhimaṇḍa (Joy of the True Dharma):
each of you should arouse the bodhicitta (Joy of the True Dharma)!
You must follow and learn the True Dharma and true school (Joy of the True Dharma);
clearly see that non-Buddhists are incompetent for this (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
What is termed the True Dharma? (Joy of the True Dharma)
Which principle is the true school? (Joy of the True Dharma)
In the present day you must distinguish good from bad (Joy of the True Dharma);
scrutinize each and every thing, do not remain in confusion (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Keeping precepts and seated meditation are named the True Dharma (Joy of the True Dharma);
mindfulness of the Buddha to become a Buddha is the true school (Joy of the True Dharma).
Not accepting the Buddha's words is called non-Buddhist (Joy of the True Dharma);
negating cause and effect is viewing things as nihilistic emptiness (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
How are meditation and discipline the True Dharma? (Joy of the True Dharma)
The buddha-mindfulness samādhi is the true school (Joy of the True Dharma).
Seeing the nature and comprehending the mind is itself Buddha (Joy of the True Dharma);
how could such a principle fail to correspond? (Joy of the True Dharma)
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).
Reciting the Buddha's name, voice after voice, plants the Buddha-seed (Joy of the True Dharma);
seated meditation and keeping precepts employ genuine effort (Joy of the True Dharma).
If you do not cultivate and yet claim to be a Buddha (Joy of the True Dharma),
it is like a starving man merely holding back the wind with an empty mouth (Joy of the True Dharma).
Joy of the True Dharma, Joy of the True Dharma: the True Dharma can transcend the world (Joy of the True Dharma).