淨土五會念佛誦經觀行儀卷中．下 3.17

3.17

昔有仙人名善惠　一時買得五莖花
持將供養定光佛　因花果號釋迦尊
諸經皆說妙伽他　散花供養福田名
但以一花散一佛　因花盡得見彌陀
今時智者見經文　佛說花為成佛因
便即散花供養佛　仍將花度有緣人
紛紛正見散花時　片片青運空裏飛
一一爭前將手棒　人人收得裓盛歸
空中片片雨天花　散著人人發道芽
但使勤勤花供養　福田一一遍恒沙
花飛颯颯遍虛空　翠葉翩翩滿界中
淅瀝如馬和雲下　繽紛送子入蓮宮
蓮花欝欝甚寬平　花上群群菩薩行
時時散花供養佛　往往宣揚五會聲
般般聖眾裓盛花　人人歷供遍恒沙
一一食時還本國　行行不離世尊家
時時天雨萬般花　處處皆能發道芽
一一持將奉諸佛　朝朝恒在法王家
百寶鮮花隊隊飛　空中讚歎不思議
若有眾生能厭者　當來決定澄無為
金剛臺上說真宗　西方菩薩盡皆同
散花供養無休息　皆生花上具神通
氛氛香氣轉綿綿　花去花來花更鮮
清旦常持外國獻　食時還到世尊前

Formerly there was an ascetic named Sumati / Who once bought five stems of flowers, / Taking them to offer to Dīpaṃkara Buddha; / Because of the flowers, his fruit was titled the World-Honoured One Śākya. / All sūtras speak wondrous gāthās, / Naming the scattering of flowers in offering a field of merit. / Merely scattering a single flower to a single Buddha, / Because of the flower, all come to behold Amitābha. / Wise people of the present day who see the sūtra texts / Where the Buddha says flowers are the cause of becoming a Buddha, / Immediately scatter flowers in offering to the Buddha, / And further use flowers to deliver people with affinity. / In profusion, just as one sees the flowers being scattered, / Petals like green clouds fly through the air. / Each and everyone rushes forward to hold them in their hands; / Everyone gathers them in the folds of their robes and returns. / Petals of heavenly flowers rain from the sky; / Scattering upon everyone, they cause the shoots of the Path to sprout. / If only you diligently make offerings of flowers, / Fields of merit will spread one by one across the sands of the Gaṅgā. / Flowers fly rustling throughout empty space; / Emerald leaves flutter and fill the realm. / Pattering like drizzle, they descend mingling with the clouds, / In profusion escorting sons into the lotus palace. / The lotus flowers, lush and dense, are exceedingly broad and level; / Upon the flowers walk hosts of bodhisattvas. / From time to time scattering flowers in offering to the Buddha, / Frequently proclaiming the sounds of the five tempos. / All classes of holy beings hold flowers in the folds of their robes; / Everyone travels to make offerings across the sands of the Gaṅgā. / At each mealtime they return to their home country; / In every step they do not depart from the home of the World-Honoured One. / From time to time the sky rains ten thousand kinds of flowers; / Everywhere they can cause the shoots of the Path to sprout. / Holding each one, they present them to all Buddhas; / Every morning they are constantly in the home of the Dharma King. / Squads of fresh flowers of a hundred jewels fly by, / Praising the inconceivable in the open sky. / If there are living beings who can generate revulsion [for this world], / In the future they will certainly rest in the unconditioned. / Upon the diamond terrace the true teaching is preached; / The bodhisattvas of the west are all alike. / Scattering flowers in offering without cessation, / They are all born upon flowers, endowed with supernatural powers. / The fragrance drifts, spreading more and more continuously; / As flowers go and flowers come, the flowers become fresher still. / In the clear dawn they constantly take them to offer in foreign realms; / By mealtime they return to the presence of the World-Honoured One.