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佛告阿難其有眾生生彼國者。此是正說中第三讚歎勸修門也。前章以明彼佛長壽因果。利根之徒即蒙解悟鈍根之人猶未能了。是以十方諸佛共相影嚮。應機人而作讚歎彼佛壽命長遠及國土純淨。天人妙樂勸引。鈍根懃修妙因取於妙果也。就勸修門中凡有十勸修明義。第一勸修。先歎彼佛。然後此土三輩眾生願生彼國也。第二勸修。明十方菩薩往詣西方。讚受妙法流通十方也。第三勸修。明觀世音一生次補佛處。如無量壽無異也。第四勸修。明無量壽佛濟度。為眾生說法也。第五勸修。廣明眾生有得有失也。第六勸修明簡釋也。第七勸修。明破淨戒也。第八勸修。明誠勸也。第九勸修。明廣現國土也。第十勸修。明解戒也。

The Buddha said to Ānanda, "If there are sentient beings who are born in that land": this is the third section within the primary explanation, the Section on Praise and Exhortation to Cultivation. The previous chapter had already explained that Buddha's causes and fruits of long lifespan. Those of sharp faculties received understanding, but people of dull faculties were still unable to comprehend. For this reason, the Buddhas of the ten directions harmonize their responses, praising that Buddha's long lifespan, the purity of his land, and the exquisite bliss of his gods and humans in accordance with beings' capacities, exhorting and guiding those of dull faculties to diligently cultivate the wondrous cause to seize the wondrous fruit. Within the Section on Exhortation to Cultivation, there are ten exhortations to cultivation that clarify the meaning. The first exhortation first praises that Buddha, and then [describes how] the three classes of sentient beings in this world vow to be born in that land. The second exhortation explains that the bodhisattvas of the ten directions proceed to the Western Direction, praise and receive the wondrous Dharma, and circulate it in the ten directions. The third exhortation explains that Avalokiteśvara will succeed in one lifetime next to the Buddha's place, no different from Amitāyus. The fourth exhortation explains Amitāyus Buddha's salvation, expounding the Dharma for sentient beings. The fifth exhortation broadly explains that sentient beings have gains and losses. The sixth exhortation explains selection and interpretation. The seventh exhortation explains breaking the pure precepts. The eighth exhortation explains sincere exhortation. The ninth exhortation explains broadly revealing lands. The tenth exhortation explains understanding the precepts.