A Verse Sharing Compassionate Advice and Cautions quoted from “In Praise of Dharma Practice” by Master Shandao
善導大師《法事讚》慈悲勸誡
A multitude of heavenly and human beings encircle the Buddha, join their palms in admiration, and wish to hear the Buddha teaching this Sutra.
The Buddha knew that it was the perfect time to enlighten both ordinary and sacred beings; so, he asked Sariputra to listen with his full attention.
All Buddha-lands are pure and adorned. Ordinary beings who are distracted and confused, with a variety of false thoughts, are not likely to be reborn in them.
Thus, the Tathagata specially directs us to the Pure Land in the West, which is located beyond a hundred thousand billion Buddha-lands.
The Western Pure Land is most splendid and adorned with seven jewels. The lifespans of sacred and celestial beings there are extremely long.
Amitabha Buddha always shares the Dharma. All karmic obstructions to the Buddhist Way, encountered by living beings in the Land of Bliss, naturally perish.
人天大眾皆圍繞,傾心合掌願聞經;
佛知凡聖機時悟,即告舍利用心聽。
一切佛土皆嚴淨,凡夫亂想恐難生;
如來別指西方國,從是超過十萬億。
七寶莊嚴最為勝,聖眾人天壽命長;
佛號彌陀常說法,極樂眾生障自亡。
Namo Amituofo!
