..續本文上一頁deed, we shall constantly embrace and protect them. The Four Forms of Birth Advance in the Precious Stages, and the Three Existences are entrusted to the Transforming Lotus Pools. Solitary Souls as numerous as the Sands of the Ganges thus attain the Three Stages of Virtue, and the Ten Thousand Classes of Sentient Beings advance in the Ten Stages.
While the Meng Shan Rite is now completed, the Acolyte that performs the vital functions of the Rite is not yet finished with his duties. This next portion of the text is a Homage to Amitabha and the Serpentining Processional. However, so as to correctly complete the duties of the Acolyte, the directions for his duty are continued as above until he is able to return to his position in the Assembly. If the Meng Shan Rite is not performed, then these directions for the Acolyte are to be ignored. Also if the Meng Shan Rite has not been performed, the Evening Recitations are to be continued at this point.
Homage to Amitabha
PRECENTOR
And also to the Precious Form of Amitabha Buddha
ALL
His Thirty-two Marks and Unequaled Light and Virtue!
They are beyond all comparison!
The White Curled One Who Pervades the Five Mystical Mountains!
His Violet-eyed Purity Extends to the Four Seas!
His Inner Illumination has transformed Buddhas beyond number and counting,
And also transformed Bodhisattva Assemblies without number!
PURE LAND WRITING
Being a treatise on the Pure Land composed by Great Teacher T”zu-yun Ch”an chu - whose name means "Compassionate Clouds of Forgiveness"
The Assembly should be kneeling, with the mind calm and stilled
PRECENTOR
With Single-mindedness, we commit our lives
To the Pure Realm of Ultimate Joy, and
Amitabha Buddha,
Vowing that by means of the Pure Illumination that shines on us
And His Compassionate Vows, which include us,
That we now correctly reflect on
And invoke this Tathagata”s Name
It is because of this Path of Bodhi-Wisdom
That we pray to be reborn in this Pure Land.
In Ancient Times this Buddha took Fundamental Vows, saying,
If there exist living beings
Who desire Rebirth in my land,
and are of determined mind and joyful faith,
Let them make Ten Reflections on me, and,
If they are not so reborn,
I will not take up my own Complete Enlightenment.
It is due to the reflecting on this Buddha”s Causes
We can obtain and enter this Tathagata”s
Great Oath Ocean Sea
And receive this Buddha”s Compassionate Power
Which completely cuts off our assembled sins
And strengthens and lengthens our Good Roots
When we then approach the ends of our lives
And we know that our time has arrived
Our bodies will be beyond suffering
Our hearts will not be confused, and,
Our Thoughts will not be ””topsy-turvy"
Thus, we will enter into the Profound Samadhi
The Buddha and the Saintly Assembly
Will hold out their hands to us forming a Precious Platform
And they will come to greet us.
Then, in an instant of thought
One is reborn in the Land of Ultimate Joy
Where one”s Lotus Blossom will open at the sight of a Buddha.
And one can then hear the Buddha”s Vehicle
And from this begin a Buddha”s Enlightenment.
The Great Salvation of All Living Beings
Is His Vast Vow of Bodhi-Wisdom!
ALL
The Great Salvation of All Living Beings Vast Vow of Bodhi-Wisdom! We vow to be reborn in the Western Region”s Pure Land Where the Nine Kinds of Lotus Blossoms will be our fathers and mothers And when these Blossoms unfold at the sight of a Buddha, to become aware of the Birthless State, and, The Always Progressing Bodhisattvas will be our constant companions!
THE WESTERN REGION VOWS WRITING
A treatise by Great Teacher Yun Hsu, called "Cloud Rest"
The Assembly remains kneeling
ALL
We bow our bodies and heads to the Ease of Body Joy of Heart Western Realm And the Great Guiding Teacher who wel…
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