淨土五會念佛略法事儀讚 2.57

2.57

彌陀願行廣無邊，悲濟群生普盡憐，
總欲化令歸本國，眾生罪業共無緣。
觀音菩薩大慈悲，能於苦海現希有，
紫金身相三十二，頂戴彌陀尊重時。
勢至菩薩甚難思，紫金身相等無虧，
頂上寶瓶光顯照，普收念佛往生機。
自慶往昔宿緣深，得遇彌陀淨教音，
執持名號無休息，報盡臨終紫金身。
我常自嘆苦精勤，希聞無上法清真，
須共無明賊鬪戰，誓當破滅取金真。
一念凝神往寶城，六通起意覺身輕，
足踏千葉蓮華上，明月摩尼樹下行。
彌陀淨剎甚精微，彼處娑婆人豈知？
曠劫沈淪於苦海，何年得遇往生時？
極樂寶國無衰變，碧玉樓臺天自然，
摩尼明月瑠璃水，光明池臺真可憐。
極樂寶界甚希有，實為多生來不知，
今日喜遇彌陀尊，頓捨娑婆五濁時。
彌陀寶界不思議，唯歎娑婆去者希，
阿鼻地獄人多往，一墮何年更出時？
歸去來歸去來，閻浮五濁是塵埃，
不如西方快樂處，到彼華臺隨意開。

Amitābha's vows and practices are vast and boundless; / in compassion he delivers all beings, universally pitying them all. / He wishes entirely to transform them and bring them back to his own realm, / yet sentient beings' sinful karmas share no affinity [with it]. / Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva is of great compassion, / able to manifest what is rare within the sea of suffering: / thirty-two marks on a purple-gold body, / crowned with Amitābha at the hour of profound veneration. / Mahāsthāmaprāpta Bodhisattva is truly inconceivable; / his purple-gold body and marks are equal and without flaw. / The precious vase atop his head shines forth brilliant light, / universally gathering those with capacity for buddha-mindfulness and rebirth. / I rejoice for myself that my past karmic connections are deep, / that I have met the pure teachings and sounds of Amitābha. / Upholding his name without rest, / when my retribution ends and the end of life arrives, I shall have a purple-gold body. / I often sigh at my painful diligence, / hoping to hear the supreme Dharma, pure and true. / I must do battle with the thieves of ignorance, / vowing to crush them and obtain the true gold. / In a single thought my spirit settles, going toward the jeweled city; / the six superknowledges arise in mind, and my body feels light. / Feet treading upon a thousand-petaled lotus blossom, / I walk beneath the moonlit mani trees. / Amitābha's pure realm is exceedingly subtle and fine; / how could people in this Sahā world ever know it? / Sunk in the sea of suffering for vast kalpas, / in what year will they encounter the time of rebirth? / The precious realm of Sukhāvatī has neither decline nor change; / jasper towers and pavilions are natural as the heavens. / Mani gems, the bright moon, and lapis lazuli waters; / the radiant ponds and terraces are truly lovely! / The precious realm of Sukhāvatī is exceedingly rare; / in truth, across many lives, one does not know it. / Today I joyfully meet the Honoured Amitābha, / the time to instantly cast away the five turbidities of Sahā. / Amitābha's precious realm is inconceivable; / I lament only that those departing Sahā are few. / To the Avīci hell many people go; / once fallen, in what year will they ever emerge? / Return! Return! / The five turbidities of Jambudvīpa are mere dust and ashes. / It is not like the place of joy in the West, / where upon arrival the flower dais opens at will.