景德傳燈錄 27.61

27.61

僧問講彌陀經座主。水鳥樹林皆悉念佛念法念僧作麼生講。坐主曰。基法師道。真友不待請如母赴嬰兒。僧曰。如何是真友不待請（法眼代云。此是基法師語）。

A monk asked a lecturer on the Amitābha Sūtra, "How do you explain 'the water birds and tree groves all recite the Buddha, recite the Dharma, and recite the Saṅgha'?" The lecturer said, "Dharma Master Ji said, 'A true friend does not wait for an invitation, like a mother rushing to her infant.'" The monk asked, "What is 'a true friend does not wait for an invitation'?" (Fayan spoke in his place: "These are the words of Dharma Master Ji.")