..續本文上一頁adopted that, None of them have not commended it and wished that they should mindfully perfect it.

　　One jewel, two jewels, or immeasurable jewels According to their mind are conjured up and given as implements.

　　In the palace halls, the drink and food are all like these. That is why I bow my head to the Buddha who is without praise.

　　I vow to be reborn with the sentient beings in the land of peaceful happiness.

　　Nama.h to the thought of taking refuge in and prostrating to that Western Buddha Amitaabha!

　　2:13 Those who are reborn all are endowed With a body of pure form, incomparable.

　　Their spiritual penetrations, merits, palace halls, Clothing, and odornments are decorated as in the six heavens.

　　Should they have a container, a jeweled bowl, it spontaneously attains A hundred flavored feast, instantly being filled.

　　Seeing form, smelling fragrances, the mind does eat it And it immediately satified, the sensations agreeable and pleasant.

　　And while those flavors are pure, none are attached to them. Once finnished, the meal is magically removed in a moment and again appears.

　　At ease peacefully, comfortably content, arriving at Nirvana; This is why I to this thought prostrate myself.

　　I vow to be reborn with the sentient beings in the land of peaceful happiness.

　　Nama.h to the thought of taking refuge in and prostrating to that Western Buddha Amitaabha!

　　2:14 The bodhisattva congregations of the Buddha lands in the ten directions As well as the bhiksus born in Peaceful Happiness

　　Are measureless, countless, and inestimable. Those who have been born, presently being born, and shall be there are also so.

　　They had already made offerings to a measureless number of Buddhas And gathered up hundreds of thousands of solid and firm Dharmas.

　　Thus are the great worthies who are reborn there. This is why I bow my head to Amitaabha. [422c]

　　I vow to be reborn with the sentient beings in the land of peaceful happiness.

　　Nama.h to the thought of taking refuge in and prostrating to that Western Buddha Amitaabha!

　　2:15 If one hears Amitaabha”s virtuous name He is elated, praising and revering him, the mind taking refuge.

　　Down to the single thought, he attains a great benifit. Therefore, in order to be endowed with the jewel of virtue

　　Establishing it fully in a great chiliocosm burning, And should straightaway transcend it upon hearing the Buddha”s name.

　　Hearing Amitaabha they will not again reverse themselves. This is why to that thought I prostrate myself.

　　I vow to be reborn with the sentient beings in the land of peaceful happiness.

　　Nama.h to the thought of taking refuge in and prostrating to that Western Buddha Amitaabha!

　　2:16 The spiritual power without exhaustion of Amitaabha The measureless Buddha in the ten directions do praise.

　　The Buddha lands that number like sand grains to the East, There the bodhisattvas that are numberless all go to meet with him

　　And again to make offerings to the Land of Peaceful Happiness. The great congregations of bodhisattvas and voice-hearers

　　Listen to and receive the Sutra Dharma, promugating, tredding, and transforming it. From the remaining nine directions, they are also so.

　　The Tathaagata Shakyamuni spoke gaathaa verses [saying as much]. Because of such measureless virtue, I bow my head.

　　I vow to be reborn with the sentient beings in the land of peaceful happiness.

　　Nama.h to the thought of taking refuge in and prostrating to that Western Buddha Amitaabha!

　　2:17 The measureless congregation of bodhisattvas who come In order to sow the roots of virtue and pay their respects.

　　Some memorialize with pleasant songs commending the Buddha; Some make verses about the Buddha”s wisdom illuminating the world;

　　Some make offerings with heavenly flowers and clothing; And some look upon the Pure Land an…

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