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宋張商英。初以夫人向氏激發。留神內典。號無盡居士。甞著發願文云。思此世界。五濁亂心。無正觀力。無了因力。自性唯心。不能悟達。謹遵釋迦世尊金口之教。專念阿彌陀佛。求彼世尊願力攝受。待報滿時。往生極樂。如順水乘舟不勞自力而至矣。

Zhang Shangying of the Song dynasty was initially stirred by his wife, Lady Xiang, to focus his mind on Buddhist texts, taking the sobriquet Layman Wujin. He once composed a text of making vows, saying: "Reflecting upon this world, where the five turbidities confuse the mind, there is neither the power of correct contemplation nor the power of the elucidating cause; the mind-only nature of oneself cannot be comprehended or realized. Reverently following the golden teachings spoken by the mouth of the Bhagavat Śākyamuni, I exclusively contemplate Amitābha, seeking the gathering and reception of that Bhagavat's vow-power, so that when my retribution is complete, I may be reborn in Sukhāvatī—just like riding a boat downstream, arriving without exerting one's own effort."