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爾時賢護白佛言。云何住此佛剎　遍見十方諸佛。聽聞正法。非但未得六通。亦未得五通。亦未捨此世界身。亦未生彼諸佛國。唯住此土。見餘世界諸佛。悉聞宣說正法。一切聽受。如說修行。得大功德也。爾時世尊告賢護言。今有菩薩。思惟諸佛現前三昧。若有修習如是三昧。當得成就諸功德。賢護白佛言。世尊。唯願說此菩薩現前三昧。令此世間天人。利益安樂。佛言。賢護。成就此三昧者。諸佛皆現在前。其心不捨。勝上智慧。度脫眾生。承事供給諸善知識。起諸佛想。賢護云。何為思惟諸佛現前三昧。佛言。若有比丘比丘尼優婆塞優婆夷。清淨持戒。獨處空閑思惟。阿彌陀如來。今在西方。去此百千億佛國。有世界。名曰安樂。今現在說法。是人觀察。了了分明。見阿彌陀佛。譬如夢中見種種事。是人悟已。念所夢見。為他廣說。賢護。善男子善女人。端坐專心。想彼阿彌陀如來相好威儀。如是大眾說法。一心不亂。或一日一夜。或七日七夜。如先所聞具足之。是人必見阿彌陀如來。賢護如人遠行。夢見本家。不知為晝為。不知為內為外。是人爾時所有眼根牆壁山石。乃至幽闇不為礙也。

At that time, Bhadrapāla said to the Buddha: 'How can one, dwelling in this Buddha-realm, completely behold the Buddhas of the ten directions and hear the true Dharma, not only without having yet attained the six spiritual powers or even the five spiritual powers, and without having cast off the body of this world or having been born in those Buddha-lands—merely dwelling in this land, see the Buddhas of other worlds, hear all their proclamations of the true Dharma, accept and uphold everything, practice according to the teachings, and attain great merit?' At that time, the World-Honoured One said to Bhadrapāla: 'Now there is a bodhisattva's samādhi of contemplating the presence of the Buddhas. If one cultivates such a samādhi, one will attain the accomplishment of all merits.' Bhadrapāla said to the Buddha: 'World-Honoured One, I only pray that you will explain this bodhisattva's samādhi of the direct presence [of the Buddhas], so that devas and humans of this world may attain benefit, peace, and joy.' The Buddha said: 'Bhadrapāla, for one who accomplishes this samādhi, all Buddhas will appear directly before them. Their mind does not abandon superior wisdom, they deliver sentient beings, attend upon and make offerings to all spiritual friends, and give rise to the perception of them as Buddhas.' Bhadrapāla said: 'What is the samādhi of contemplating the presence of the Buddhas?' The Buddha said: 'If there is a monk, a nun, a layman, or a laywoman who purely observes the precepts and, dwelling alone in a quiet and secluded place, contemplates: "Amitābha Tathāgata is now in the west, past hundreds of thousands of koṭis of Buddha-lands away, where there is a world named Land of Bliss, and is now presently teaching the Dharma." That person contemplates clearly and distinctly, and sees Amitābha Buddha. It is like seeing various things in a dream: when that person awakes, they remember what was seen in the dream and broadly explain it to others. Bhadrapāla, if a good man or good woman sits upright with a focused mind, conceives the physical marks, auspicious signs, and majestic deportment of that Amitābha Tathāgata, and how he preaches the Dharma to the great assembly, with single-minded undistractedness—whether for one day and one night, or for seven days and seven nights—fulfilling it completely just as previously heard, that person will surely see Amitābha Tathāgata. Bhadrapāla, it is like a person traveling far away who dreams of seeing their home: they do not know whether it is day or night, inside or outside. At that time, whatever eye faculties that person has are not obstructed by walls, fences, mountains, rocks, or even murky darkness.'