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
Those sentient beings who deceive and slander the Three Jewels
Will enter hell, with no date of release, after their deaths.
Using harsh language, speaking with two tongues, greed, hatred and arrogance
Will result in suffering in all 80,000 hells.
Those who gossip about and comment on the wrongdoings of the Three Jewels,
Will have their tongues wrenched out in hell.
I strongly urge sentient beings to protect the Three Dharmas.
Always recite Namo Amitabha while walking, standing, sitting, and lying down.
Never forget about the suffering in the various hells.
That will augment our aspiration to rebirth.
Let’s swear not to commit any of the karmic offenses of the Three Wretched Realms,
And do not become too attached to the rewards in the human and celestial realms.
Immediately remember the longlasting suffering in hell
And never question the Land of Peace and Joy simply because we didn’t instantly renounce this world.
The Land of Peace and Joy is an unconditioned Buddha-land.
It is the most marvelous realm for our final settlement.
欺誑三寶眾生類,死入泥犁無出期;
惡口兩舌貪瞋慢,八萬地獄皆周遍;
論說他人三寶過,死入拔舌泥犁中。
普勸眾生護三業,行住坐臥念彌陀,
一切時中憶地獄,發起增上往生心,
誓願不作三塗業,人天樂報亦無心。
忽憶地獄長時苦,不捨須臾忘安樂,
安樂佛國無為地,畢竟安身實是精。
Namo Amituofo!
