淨土五會念佛誦經觀行儀卷中．下 3.20

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第一會時除亂意　第二高聲遍有緣
第三響颺能哀雅　第四和鳴真可怜
第五震動天魔散　能令念者入深禪
五會聲中十種利　為令學者用心堅
妙音五會摩尼寶　能雨無邊聖法財
智者必須依此學　臨終一念坐蓮臺
寄語現前諸大眾　五會念佛利無窮
今日道場同行者　相將定取坐蓮宮
五會聖教是真宗　定捨娑婆出苦籠
眾等發心迴願往　西方世界獲神通
寶樹森森是翠林　微風五會演清音
花雨六時隨處下　見聞之者發真心
眾等今時發信心　聽說彌陀五會音
專求不妄稱名字　迎將極樂坐化林
五會合響讚池城　樓臺欝欝映雲青
瑠璃七寶金繩界　處處唯聞念佛聲
彌陀五會是舟船　永劫常於苦海傳
但使聞聲皆解脫　定超生死離人天

At the first tempo, scattered thoughts are eliminated; / At the second, the loud sound reaches all with affinity. / The third echoes aloft, plaintive and elegant; / The fourth harmonizes in chant, truly delightful. / The fifth shakes [the realm] and heavenly demons scatter; / It can cause the reciter to enter deep dhyāna. / Among the sounds of the five tempos are ten kinds of benefit, / Causing practitioners to be firm in the application of mind. / The wondrous sounds of the five tempos are maṇi jewels, / Able to rain down boundless wealth of the holy Dharma. / The wise must follow this practice; / In a single thought at the end of life they will sit on the lotus terrace. / I send word to the great assembly present here: / The recitation of the Buddha's name in five tempos brings endless benefits. / Fellow practitioners in this bodhimanda today, / Let us lead each other to surely sit in the lotus palace. / The holy teaching of the five tempos is the true school, / Surely abandoning the Sahā world to escape the cage of suffering. / You all, generate the aspiration and dedicate the vows for rebirth; / In the western world you will obtain supernatural powers. / The jewelled trees stand dense in an emerald grove; / The gentle breeze proclaims clear sounds in five tempos. / Rains of flowers fall everywhere throughout the six periods of the day; / Those who see and hear it generate the true mind. / You all in this present time generate faithful minds, / And listen to the proclaimed sounds of Amitābha in five tempos. / Exclusively seeking not to invoke the name in vain, / You will be welcomed to Sukhāvatī to sit in the transformation grove. / The five tempos resound in unison, praising the ponds and city; / Towers and pavilions stand dense, mirroring the blue clouds. / Lapis lazuli and the seven jewels are bordered with golden ropes; / Everywhere one hears only the sound of reciting the Buddha's name. / Amitābha's five tempos are a boat, / Forever plying the ocean of suffering through eternal kalpas. / Merely causing all who hear the sound to attain liberation, / Surely transcending birth and death to leave humans and gods.