A text ‘urging people to aspire to be reborn’ from the Commentary on the Contemplation Sutra by Master Shandao
善導大師《觀經疏》「勸眾發願」之偈:
All individuals in the general public, whether monastics or householders,
Should awaken the aspiration for the Unsurpassed Mind.
Because it is difficult to renounce birth-and-death,
And also very difficult to joyfully admire the Buddhist Dharma,
Let’s bring forth resolve as strong as a diamond,
So that we can transcendentally cut off the Four Kinds of Flow,
And aspire to enter Amitabha’s realm,
By taking refuge with palms joined in prostration.
道俗時眾等,各發無上心,
生死甚難厭,佛法復難欣;
共發金剛志,橫超斷四流,
願入彌陀界,歸依合掌禮。
Namo Amituofo!
