..续本文上一页comes All Living Beings. Now, we also send forth our own vows, pledging to be reborn in His Land, and, He affirms our Vow by sending down to us His Compassion and Mercy!
Because of the activities of the Four Favors throughout the Three Existences of the Dharma Realm of All Living Beings, I, Disciple your name spoken here now pray to All Buddhas and their One Vehicle Path of Unsurpassed Bodhi-Wisdom. And, I remain wholeheartedly Mindful of the Great Name of Ten Thousand Merits: Amitabha Buddha, in the expectation of being Reborn in the Pure Land. Again, because my karma is heavy and my good fortune light, my obstacles deep and my wisdom shallow, my mind easily inflames and Pure Virtue difficult for me to perfect, at this moment, to the Buddha before me, I energetically raise the Five Members, open and unfold my heart and surrender myself in sincere confession and repentance.
I have had many rebirths, leading from early ages to this very moment, and, I know that the source of all illusions is the Pure Mind that indulges in greed, anger and delusion which contaminate and infect the Three Karmas without measure or limit. This has brought about impure sins which are also without measure or limit, and these bindings of oppressive karma I vow to completely cast-off and diminish from this moment on. I will manifest this solemn and profound oath and be absolutely separate from sinful doctrines so as to remain unchanged by them as I zealously cultivate the Holy Way. I vow not to retreat into laziness, I vow to perfect the Wisdom of a Buddha, and I vow to save all living beings.
The Power of Amitabha Buddha”s Compassionate and Merciful Vow is my example, and He feels concern for us and sends us His Divine Protections as we sit in Right Meditation. Then, as if in a dream, we can obtain sight of Amitabha Buddha”s Golden Colored Body and thus be inspired to be reborn in Amitabha Buddha”s Precious Land where we will be consecrated with Amitabha Buddha”s Sweet Dew Nectar and covered with the Illumination of Light and Wisdom. He will hold His Hand over our heads and His Robe will cloth our bodies. This vision causes me to personally remove my former karmic barriers and to increase my good roots so that Klesa will quickly become nonexistent and my ignorance suddenly destroyed as I attain the Complete Enlightenment Which Is Beyond Human Thought.
When awakened to this Calm and Illuminating region of reality, continual attainment is now present and continues to life”s end. Foreknowledge is continual and the body is without obstructions caused by pain or illness, suffering or difficulties. The mind is without passion, desire, delusion or doubt, and from previous existences appear myriad good roots and Right Mindfulness that separates knowledge and abandons retribution, thus enabling entry into Ch”an Samadhi.
Amitabha Buddha, the Bodhisattvas Kuan Yin and Ta Shih Chih, and the Complete Assembly of the Holy Saints emit abiding illumination in welcome and reach out their hands to raise and guide us to the Lofty Pavilions where Pennants and Flags fly, rare Incense burns and Heavenly Musicians play. Before your eyes, see the Western Region”s Sacred surrounding which cause all living beings to see and hear the Dharma, filling them with such gladness that all are moved to give praise and to send forth the Bodhi-Wisdom Mind.
In your time, I have taught the Diamond Vehicle and the Platform Vehicle, and now encourage descendants of the Buddha with this teaching: In a finger snap of time you can be reborn in the Land of Ultimate Joy, there to dwell in the center of a Surpassing Lotus Blossom in the Seven Precious Lakes. When this flower opens in the presence of a Buddha you will be able to see all the Bodhisattvas and to hear the Profound Dharma sound…
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