淨土五會念佛誦經觀行儀卷中．下 3.53

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極樂門中寶日圓　普照三千及大千
慈悲廣連彌陀主　為汝重開千葉蓮
寶池寶岸甚寬平　寶地琉璃千仞明
普勸眾生勤念佛　臨終決定自來迎
寶樹浸天難可惻　不知華葉幾由旬
靜時天樂尋常響　風動如遙日月明
七行寶樹異光新　一花縱廣百由旬
花開無數紅蓮坐　其中總是住生人
寶雲光裏現朝霞　黃金地上雨天花
微風吹動諸行樹　法音微妙等無著
汝但勤念彌陀佛　吾今暫住救娑婆
知汝深心相憶戀　一遇念佛一迴過
送吾千里慢劬勞　不知端坐相自毫
相得白毫無數佛　花臺寶坐自然高
無人抄讚不能傳　不誦如何化世間
任汝經行極樂國　吾今且去給孤園
給孤園裏鳳凰池　如來在彼不思議
金口長宣微妙法　見聞無不願歸依
修成此業坐西方　無邊世界盡金光
摩尼流注蓮花裏　一迴風動萬般香
觀音說法似懸河　鳥聲天樂共相和
尋常雙足蓮化裏　天冠頂戴阿彌陀
彌陀身著寶衣新　足下圓明千輻輪
莫向閻浮貪五欲　念吾名字速成真
成真早得悟無為　豪相光明安兩眉
能照閻浮諸穢土　變為佛國妙光輝
光輝微妙在人間　普攝眾生到佛前
各各皆成菩薩位　一時總得坐紅蓮
紅蓮生在寶花池　千光萬色不思議
水鳥珠林同國土　異香音樂每相隨
相隨總至妙花宮　十方佛國總雄雄
處處相迎上寶殿　讚嘆勤功有始終
始終如一不思議　花臺寶坐在瓊池
是汝堅心願力造　非關諸佛與君為
君為願力甚堅強　定生上品坐金剛
莫辭暫住閻浮界　如今名字在西方
西方寶殿是摩尼　□金界道地琉璃
千葉蓮花百寶坐　法身清淨餘時衣
珠衣遍體萬般光　巡行寶樹七重行
莫怪蓮珠微妙讚　化度眾生無隱藏
隱藏微妙不成師　法教流行無盛衰
為汝廣宣極樂讚　如來言化作神威
神威法界救蒼生　肉眼重開惠眼明
端坐能觀極樂國　樓臺總是寶憶擎
憶擎寶地如千日　千日之中萬色光
光中無數諸菩薩　彌陀殿下獻名香
名香殿下寶雲成　菩薩端嚴禮不輕
天樂樓前聽妙響　唯聞水鳥念佛聲
佛聲振動夜摩宮　天魔心膽悉皆融
降得魔軍隨佛後　虔誠頂禮數無窮
無窮算數大魔軍　一時得往作生人
總為迴心生彼國　恭勤瞻仰大慈尊
慈尊妙色甚巍巍　豪光怜似五須彌
兩目澄明如大海　四十八願大慈悲
慈悲廣開極樂門　誓救閻浮五濁人
各與光明七寶坐　何曾更見一微塵
微塵佛剎從心現　無邊世界異光暉
五蘊變成清淨眼　八識飜為八德池
八池總是寶蓮花　念佛之人發道牙
總別閻浮濁惡界　一時極樂受精華
精華園裏見如來　各坐光明七寶臺
幸得同生慈主國　長劫之中更不迴
不迴永住百千西　豪相光明日月齊
忍辱門中八聖道　聲香風裏七菩提
菩提道中清淨尊　幽深妙覺事難論
除想自然成解脫　了心能啟大悲門
西方極樂自前明　萬法者從心相生
攝念寂靜心滅樂　觀佛決定寶臺迎

Within the gate of Sukhāvatī, the jewelled sun is round, / Shining everywhere across the three thousand great thousands of worlds. / Great compassion broadly joins with the Lord Amitābha, / Who reopens for you the thousand-petalled lotus. / The jewelled pools and jewelled shores are vast and level; / The jewelled ground of lapis lazuli is radiant for a thousand fathoms. / He broadly urges sentient beings to recite the Buddha's name diligently; / At the end of life he will surely come in person to welcome them. / The jewelled trees rise into heaven, hard to fathom; / One knows not how many yojanas their flowers and leaves measure. / In quietude, heavenly music constantly resounds; / When stirred by the wind, it is like the brightness of the sun and moon afar. / The seven rows of jewelled trees bear novel, rare light; / A single flower spans a hundred yojanas wide. / As flowers bloom, countless red lotus seats appear, / Wherein all are persons born [in that land]. / Amid the light of jewelled clouds, morning dawn appears; / Upon the golden ground, heavenly flowers rain down. / A gentle breeze stirs the rows of trees; / The wondrous sounds of the Dharma are equal and unattached. / You need only diligently recite Amitābha Buddha's name: / 'I now abide here briefly to deliver the Sahā world. / Knowing that from your deep mind you yearn and remember me, / Whenever recitation of the Buddha's name is encountered, once more I come over. / Sending me off a thousand li is idle toil, / Not knowing that sitting upright, the marks naturally shine from the white curl.' / With the white curl marks of countless Buddhas attained, / The flower terraces and jewelled seats are naturally lofty. / If no one copies the praise, it cannot be transmitted; / Without reciting it, how could the world be transformed? / Roam freely at walking meditation in the Land of Bliss; / I now shall go briefly to Anāthapiṇḍada's park. / In Anāthapiṇḍada's park is the phoenix pool; / The Tathāgata resides there, inconceivable. / From his golden mouth he constantly proclaims the subtle, wondrous Dharma; / None who see or hear it fail to vow to take refuge. / Having cultivated and perfected this karma, one sits in the West; / Boundless worlds are entirely filled with golden light. / Mani jewels flow into the lotus flowers; / At every stirring of the wind, ten thousand kinds of fragrance arise. / Avalokiteśvara preaches the Dharma like a torrent; / Birdsong and heavenly music harmonize together. / Constantly resting both feet within the lotus flowers, / He bears upon his heavenly crown Amitābha. / Amitābha's body is clad in jewelled robes fresh and new; / Beneath his feet are fully bright thousand-spoked wheels. / Do not crave the five desires in Jambudvīpa; / Recite my name and swiftly achieve truth. / Achieving truth, you will soon awaken to the unconditioned; / The brilliant light of the mark of the white curl rests between his two brows. / Able to illuminate the defiled lands of Jambudvīpa, / It transforms them into the wondrous brilliance of a Buddha-land. / The subtle, wondrous brilliance is present among humans, / Universally gathering sentient beings before the Buddha. / Each and everyone achieves the stage of a bodhisattva; / All at once, they all obtain a seat upon a red lotus. / The red lotuses grow in the pools of jewelled flowers, / With a thousand lights and ten thousand colors, inconceivable. / The water, birds, and groves of jewels are one with the land; / Rare fragrances and music constantly accompany them. / Accompanying them, they all arrive at the palace of wondrous flowers; / The Buddha-lands of the ten directions are all magnificent. / Welcoming one another everywhere onto the jewelled palace, / They praise diligent cultivation, carried through from beginning to end. / From beginning to end as one, inconceivable, / The flower terraces and jewelled seats rest in the jasper pools. / It is produced by your resolute mind and the power of vows, / Having nothing to do with what the Buddhas do for you. / Your vow-power is exceedingly firm and strong; / You are certain to be born in the highest grade and sit on the vajra seat. / Do not decline to dwell briefly in the realm of Jambudvīpa; / Even now, your name is recorded in the West. / The jewelled palace in the West is made of mani jewels; / The […] golden walkways have grounds of lapis lazuli. / Thousand-petalled lotuses form seats of a hundred jewels; / The Dharmakāya is pure, with robes for all other times. / Jewelled robes cover the body in ten thousand kinds of light; / One patrols through the jewelled trees in sevenfold rows. / Do not wonder at this subtle and wondrous 'Continuous-Pearl Praise of the Lotuses'; / For transforming and saving sentient beings, nothing is kept concealed. / If one keeps the subtle and wondrous concealed, one cannot be a master; / When the teaching of the Dharma circulates, it neither waxes nor wanes. / For your sake, I broadly proclaim this praise of Sukhāvatī; / The Tathāgata's transformative words act with divine power. / With divine power, across the Dharmadhātu he rescues the common folk; / Fleshly eyes reopen, and the wisdom eye becomes bright. / Sitting upright, one can contemplate the Land of Bliss; / The towers and pavilions are entirely upheld by jewelled recollection. / Upholding by recollection, the jewelled ground is like a thousand suns; / Amid the thousand suns are ten thousand colors of light. / In the light are countless bodhisattvas, / Offering renowned incense below Amitābha's hall. / Below the hall of renowned incense, jewelled clouds form; / The dignified and solemn bodhisattvas pay homage, never slighting. / Before the pavilions of heavenly music, they listen to the wondrous sounds, / Hearing only the water and birds reciting the Buddha's name. / The sound of the Buddha vibrates the Yama Palace; / The hearts and gall of the heavenly Māras all melt away. / Subduing the Māra armies, who follow behind the Buddha, / With devout sincerity they bow their heads, boundless in number. / Incalculably countless are the great armies of Māra; / All at once they attain rebirth as living persons. / All because they turn their minds to be born in that land, / Respectfully and diligently gazing up at the Great Compassionate Honoured One. / The Compassionate Honoured One's wondrous countenance is exceedingly towering and majestic; / His curl's light is comparable to five Mount Sumerus. / His two eyes are clear and bright like the great ocean; / His forty-eight vows manifest great compassion. / With great compassion he broadly opens the gate to Sukhāvatī, / Vowing to rescue the people of the five defilements in Jambudvīpa. / To each he gives a radiant seat of seven jewels; / How could they ever see even a single mote of dust again? / Dust-mote Buddha-lands manifest from the mind; / Boundless worlds display rare, radiant light. / The five aggregates transform into the pure eye; / The eight consciousnesses overturn to become the pools of eight virtues. / The eight pools are filled with jewelled lotus flowers; / In people who recite the Buddha's name, the sprout of the Way sprouts forth. / Bidding farewell entirely to the defiled and evil realm of Jambudvīpa, / All at once in Sukhāvatī they receive the essence. / In the garden of essence they see the Tathāgata, / Each seated upon a radiant terrace of seven jewels. / Blessed to be born together in the land of the Compassionate Lord, / Throughout long kalpas they shall never turn back. / Never turning back, they dwell forever in the hundred-thousand-fold West; / The light of the curl mark equals the sun and moon. / Within the gate of forbearance is the eightfold noble path; / In the breeze of sound and fragrance are the seven limbs of awakening. / The Pure Honoured One upon the path to bodhi— / His profound and wondrous awakening is hard to discuss. / Eliminating conceptions, one naturally attains liberation; / Comprehending the mind can open the gate of great compassion. / The Western Sukhāvatī clearly appears before oneself; / The myriad dharmas are all produced from mental marks. / Gathering mindfulness in tranquility, the mind's bliss is stilled; / In contemplating the Buddha, one is certain to be welcomed by the jewelled terrace.