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
Wisdom reduces our past karma to the size of a mote of dust; without even thinking, we turn around and enter the realm of ultimate reality.
Infinite kalpas are compressed into the single flick of a finger.
It is a place of happiness and freedom. Under what circumstances would we not aspire to be reborn there?
We suffer from the Five Desires for thousands of years. These are the causal conditions that increase our suffering in hell.
Greed, hatred, and the Ten Unwholesome Acts arise one after the other, how can they be the cause of liberation in Nirvana?
People don’t fear the retribution they receive in the Three Wretched Realms due to various offenses, such as destroying the Three Jewels, that lead them to reincarnate forever.
They have no filial piety and scold their family members. Because of this they will live in various hells and never know the date of their release.
微塵故業隨智滅,不覺轉入真如門;
大小僧祇恒沙劫,亦如彈指須臾間,
如此逍遙快樂處,更貪何事不求生。
縱使千年受五欲,增長地獄苦因緣;
貪瞋十惡相續起,豈是解脫涅槃因。
不畏三塗造眾罪,破滅三寶永沉淪;
不孝父母罵眷屬,地獄安身無出期。
Namo Amituofo!
