..续本文上一页有众妙华作阎浮檀金色。如旋火轮。宛转叶间踊生诸果。如帝释瓶。有大光明。化成幢幡无量宝盖。是宝盖中。映现三千大千世界一切佛事。十方佛国亦于中现。见此树已。亦当次第一一观之。观见树茎枝叶华果。皆令分明。是为树想。名第四观。作是观者名为正观。若他观者名为邪观。
5) contemplation of the ponds
[13] The Buddha said to Ananda and Vaidehi, "When you have accomplished visualization of the trees, next contemplate the ponds. This is how to do so. In the Land of Utmost Bliss, there are ponds of water possessing eight excellent qualities, each made of seven jewels which are soft and pliable. The water, springing from a wish-fulfilling king-mani-gem, forms fourteen streams. Each stream is the color of the seven jewels. Its banks are made of gold and its bed strewn with diamond sand of many colors. In each stream there are sixty kotis of lotus-flowers of seven jewels, which are round and symmetrical, measuring twelve yojanas in diameter. The water from the mani-gem flows among the flowers and meanders between the trees. As it ripples, it produces exquisite sounds, [342c] which proclaim the truths of suffering, emptiness, impermanence, no-self and of the Paramitas. Its sound also praises the physical characteristics and marks of the Buddhas. The king of wish-fulfilling mani-gem emits a splendid golden light, which transforms itself into birds with the colors of a hundred jewels. Their songs are melodious and elegant, constantly praising the virtue of mindfulness of the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha. This is the visualizing of the water possessing eight excellent qualities, and is known as the fifth contemplation. To practice in this way is called the correct contemplation, and to practice otherwise is incorrect."
[13] 佛告阿难及韦提希。树想成已。次当想水。欲想水者。极乐国土有八池水。一一池水七宝所成。其宝柔软从如意珠王生。分为十四支。一一支作七宝色。黄金为渠。渠下皆以杂色金刚以为底沙。一一水中有六十亿七宝莲花。一一莲华团圆正等十二由旬。其摩尼水流注华间寻树上下。其声微妙演说苦空无常无我诸波罗蜜。复有赞叹诸佛相好者。从如意珠王踊出金色微妙光明。其光化为百宝色鸟。和鸣哀雅。常赞念佛念法念僧。是为八功德水想。名第五观。作是观者名为正观。若他观者名为邪观。
6) contemplation of various objects
[14] The Buddha said to Ananda and Vaidehi, "In each region of this jewelled land, there are five hundred kotis of jewelled pavilions, in which innumerable devas play heavenly music. There are also musical instruments suspended in the sky, which, like those on the heavenly jewelled banners, spontaneously produce tones even without a player. Each tone proclaims the virtue of mindfulness of the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha. When this contemplation has been accomplished, it is called the general perception of the jewelled trees, jewelled ground and jewelled ponds of the Land of Utmost Bliss. This is a composite visualization and is called the sixth contemplation.
Those who have perceived these objects will be rid of extremely heavy evil karma which they have committed during innumerable kalpas and will certainly, after death, be born in that land. To practice in this way is called the correct contemplation, and to practice otherwise is incorrect."
[14] 佛告阿难及韦提希。众宝国土。一一界上有五百亿宝楼。其楼阁中有无量诸天。作天伎乐。又有乐器悬处虚空。如天宝幢不鼓自鸣。此众音中。皆说念佛念法念比丘僧。此想成已。名为粗见极乐世界宝树宝地宝池。是为总观想。名第六观。若见此者。除无量亿劫极重恶业。命终之后必生彼国。作是观者名为正观。若他观者名为邪观。
7) contemplation of the lotus-throne
[15] The Buddha said to Ananda and Vaidehi, "Listen carefully, listen carefully and ponder deeply. I will expound for you the method of removing suffering. Bear my words in mind and explain them to the multitude of beings."
When these words were spoken, Amitayus appeared in the air above, attended on his left and right by the two Mahasattvas, Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta. So brilliant was their radiance that it was impossible to see them in detail. They could not be compared even with a hundred thousand nuggets of gold from the Jambu River.
After she had this vision of Amitayus, Vaidehi knelt down in worship at Shakyamuni”s feet and said to him, "World-Honored One, through your power I have been able to see Amitayus and the two Bodhisattvas, but how can sen…
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