A Short Teaching by Master Shandao
A Text from the Epilogue of the Commentary on the Contemplation Sutra
善導大師《觀經疏》〈後跋〉
I hope all beings who hear [the Dharma] can believe, and all beings who read [the Dharma] can aspire to be reborn in the West.
The Commentary [on the Contemplation Sutra] is already certified by the Buddhas to be ultimate and definitive; thus, one should not add to it or delete from it by one sentence, or even one word. Those who make copies of it should accept it as a sutra. One ought to be aware.
願使:含靈聞之生信,有識睹者西歸。
此義已請證定竟,一句一字,不可加減,欲寫者一如經法。應知。
Namo Amituofo!
