淨土五會念佛誦經觀行儀卷中．下 3.83

3.83

寶閣無人上　地獄競來奔　一朝命已盡
何故入泉門　西方人牢到　地獄競來奔
念佛如明鏡　造罪闇昏昏　地獄不須去
淨土早歸來　池中實妙樂　永劫不聞哀
地獄酸寒苦　牛頭在眼前　罪人欲入去
苦痛哭號天　生存不念佛　死後入泉門
鑊湯頻受苦　猛焰脅人魂　釋迦臺上坐
徒眾競來聽　說此閻浮苦　輪迴不暫亭
西方實妙樂　百寶紫蓮臺　黃金為界道
見者發心來　寶閣西方現　金臺更可憐
池中化生子　水裏撥紅蓮　碧玉池中水
蓮花欝欝香　花開能見佛　聞法悟真常
化閣多青翠　金樓寶網𩊭　摩尼幢上蓋
池水百花般　一生勤念佛　誓願出娑婆
身心無間斷　長却坐蓮荷　歸念彌陀佛
稽首彼如來　誓生極樂國　池裏坐花臺
下意歸西路　低心攝有情　彌陀慈愍見
報盡自然迎

No one ascends the jeweled pavilion, / Yet people vie to rush into hell. / Once one's life comes to an end, / Why enter the gates of the underworld springs? / People rarely arrive in the west, / Yet they vie to rush into hell. / Reciting the Buddha's name is like a bright mirror; / Committing transgressions is murky and dark. / There is no need to go to hell; / Return early to the Pure Land! / In the ponds there is truly wondrous joy; / For eternal eons no wailing is heard. / Hell is bitter with freezing cold and sorrow; / The Ox-Head is right before one's eyes. / When sinners are about to enter, / They weep and wail to heaven in agony. / If during life one does not recite the Buddha's name, / After death one enters the gates of the underworld springs. / Repeatedly suffering in cauldrons of boiling water, / Fierce flames terrify the human soul. / Śākya sits upon the dais, / The disciples vie to listen, / As he explains the suffering of this Jambudvīpa, / Where saṃsāra does not pause for a moment. / The west is truly full of wondrous joy, / A purple lotus dais of a hundred jewels, / Paths demarcated with yellow gold; / Seeing it, generate the aspiration to go. / The jeweled pavilion appears in the west; / The golden dais is even more lovely. / In the ponds, transformationally born sons / Part the red lotuses in the water. / The water in the jasper pond, / The lotuses are luxuriantly fragrant. / When the blossoms open, one can see the Buddha, / And hearing the Dharma, awaken to the truly eternal. / Conjured pavilions abound in verdant green; / Golden towers have hanging jewel nets; / Mani banners and canopies above; / Pond waters with a hundred varieties of flowers. / In this one life, diligently recite the Buddha's name, / Vowing to escape Sahā. / With body and mind uninterrupted, / Sit forever upon the lotus leaves. / Take refuge and recite Amitābha Buddha; / Bow your head to that Tathāgata. / Vow to be born in the Land of Sukhāvatī, / To sit upon flower daises in the ponds. / Humbly turn your mind toward the western path; / With a modest heart gather in sentient beings. / Amitābha looks upon you with compassion; / When retribution is exhausted, he naturally welcomes you.