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“Sariputra, if there are people who have already made the vow, who now make the vow, or who are about to make the vow, ‘I desire to be born in Amitabha’s country,’ these people, whether born in the past, now being born, or to be born in the future, all will irreversibly attain to anuttarasamyaksambodhi. Therefore, Sariputra, all good men and good women, if they are among those who have faith, should make the vow, ‘I will be born in that country.’”

~ Amitabha Sutra

When I obtain the Buddhahood, any being of the boundless and inconceivable Buddha-worlds of the ten quarters whose body if be touched by the rays of my splendour should not make his body and mind gentle and peaceful, in such a state that he is far more sublime than the gods and men, then may I not attain the enlightenment.

~ Amitabha Buddha's Thirty-Third Vow

Friday, November 14, 2008

普賢菩薩警眾偈

















是日已過,命亦隨減,
如少水魚,斯有何樂,
大眾當勤精進,如救頭燃,
但念無常,慎勿放逸。

普賢菩薩警眾偈


是日已過。命亦隨減。如少水魚。斯有何樂。
上二句直示。下二句設喻。此頌出出曜經。
時南海卒涌驚濤浸灌。有三大魚。流入淺涇。共相謂言。
我等厄此。及漫水未減。宜可逆上。還歸大海。
復礙小舟。不得越過。第一魚。盡力跳舟得渡。次魚。
復憑草獲過。第三魚。氣力消竭。水亦漸涸。不知死至。
尚自優游。佛因說頌。以警世人。是日。即今日分限既定。
寧容希增。今過一日。即是減少後之壽命一日。
故云隨減。日既如是。年月可知。奚可待老。
坐喪天年哉。魚既水少。加以風吹日暴。癡魚無知。游洋自若。
老死將至。地水火風。四大侵陵。日夜交逼。
甚於少水之魚。故云斯有何樂。若能發勇猛心。不著二邊。
依於中道。事理無礙。圓修圓證。頓契無生。
超二死涇。復本真源。如魚盡力。跳舟得過。如或根器不能。
即當依教修行。證真空理。歷諸階位。出生死流。
如魚憑舟頭尾草邊得過。設若懈怠。不求昇進。
苟貪人天之少欲樂。不覺無常將至。誠如少水癡魚也。

《半月誦菩薩戒儀式註》

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2 comments:

  1. Death is such a predictable thing and yet we are still attaching our emotions to it..

    Sentient beings... sigh

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  2. 請問,「如少水魚,斯有何樂?」有貼切的英文翻譯嗎?謝謝。

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