A Verse sharing Compassionate Advice and Cautions quoted from ‘In Praise of Pratyutpanna’ by Master Shandao
善導大師《般舟讚》慈悲勸誡
Bodhisattvas and Sravakas will see Amitabha Buddha very soon.
They will attain the perseverance of no-birth once they bow to him.
Amitabha will tell all the “children of the Buddha”
How the Land of Bliss is different from that of the Three Domains.
All those who are newly reborn or have already been reborn, wish to repay his grace.
They are speechless and can only weep with joy!
All of their seemingly endless suffering in the Land of Saha is forever eliminated.
They realize it is through the grace of Shakyamuni that they can see Amitabha Buddha.
菩薩聲聞將見佛,禮佛一拜得無生;
彌陀告言諸佛子,極樂何如彼三界。
新往化生俱欲報,合掌悲咽不能言;
得免娑婆長劫苦,今日見佛釋迦恩。
Namo Amituofo!
