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English version: Acting as a victorious good friend and wise companion, constantly protecting like a shadow. This is also a superior condition for being protected and cared for in this present life. Furthermore, as stated in the 'Ninth Contemplation on the True Body': 'Amitabha Buddha's (Amitabha Buddha) golden body's light illuminates all sentient beings in the ten directions; the light from the pores of his body also illuminates all sentient beings; his halo also illuminates all sentient beings; the light from his eighty-four thousand characteristics and marks also illuminates all sentient beings.' Moreover, the light from his previous body and other forms illuminates each and every world in the ten directions. Only those sentient beings who single-mindedly recite Amitabha Buddha's (Amitabha Buddha) name are constantly illuminated by the light of that Buddha's heart, embraced and protected without abandonment, generally not illuminating or embracing those who practice other mixed karmic deeds. This is also a superior condition for being protected and cared for in this present life. Furthermore, as stated in the 'Sutra on Ten Ways to Be Reborn': The Buddha told Shan Hai Hui Bodhisattva (Shan Hai Hui Bodhisattva) and Ananda (Ananda), 'If there is someone who single-mindedly recites Amitabha Buddha's (Amitabha Buddha) name in the Western Pure Land, vowing to be reborn there, from this day forward, I will constantly send twenty-five Bodhisattvas (Bodhisattvas) to secretly protect this practitioner, preventing evil ghosts and spirits from disturbing them, so that they may always have peace day and night.' This is also a superior condition for being protected and cared for in this present life. Furthermore, as stated in the 'Amitabha Sutra' (Amitabha Sutra): 'If there are men and women who, for seven days and seven nights, or even for their entire lives, single-mindedly recite Amitabha Buddha's (Amitabha Buddha) name, vowing to be reborn in the Pure Land, these people will constantly be protected and cared for by Buddhas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges River from the six directions, therefore it is called the 'Sutra on Protection and Care'.' The meaning of the 'Sutra on Protection and Care' is that it does not allow various evil ghosts and spirits to take advantage, nor are there unexpected illnesses, untimely deaths, or unexpected calamities; all disasters naturally dissipate, unless one is not sincere. This is also a superior condition for being protected and cared for in this present life. Furthermore, as stated in the chapter on practice in the 'Pratyutpanna Samadhi Sutra' (Pratyutpanna Samadhi Sutra): The Buddha told Bhadra (Bhadra), 'If there is someone who, for seven days and seven nights in the Bodhimanda, abandons all worldly affairs, eliminates sleep, and single-mindedly contemplates Amitabha Buddha's (Amitabha Buddha) true golden body, or for one day, three days, seven days, or two sevens, five, six, seven sevens of days, or up to a hundred days, or for their entire lives, sincerely contemplates the Buddha, and verbally recites with their mind, the Buddha will embrace them.' Since they are embraced, they will certainly know that their sins are extinguished and they will be reborn in the Pure Land. The Buddha said: 'If someone exclusively practices this Amitabha Buddha (Amitabha Buddha) Samadhi, they will constantly be attended and protected by all the devas, the Four Heavenly Kings, the nagas, and the eight classes of beings.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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影护爱乐相见。永无诸恶鬼神灾障厄难横加恼乱。具如护持品中说。此亦是现生护念增上缘。 又依灌顶经第三卷说云。若人受持三归五戒者。佛敕天帝。汝差天神六十一人。日夜年月随逐守护受戒之人。勿令获诸恶鬼神横相恼害。此亦是现生护念增上缘。 又如净度三昧经说云。佛告瓶沙大王。若有男子女人。于月月六斋日及八王日。向天曹地府一切业道。数数首过受持斋戒者。佛敕六欲天王。各差二十五善神。常来随逐守护持戒之人。亦不令有诸恶鬼神横来恼害。亦无横病死亡灾障。常得安稳。此亦是现生护念增上缘。 又白诸行者。但欲今生日夜相续专念弥陀佛。专诵弥陀经。称扬礼赞净土圣众庄严愿生者。日别诵经十五遍二十三十遍已上者。或诵四十五十百遍已上者。愿满十万遍。又称扬礼赞弥陀净土依正二报庄严。又除入三昧道场。日别念弥陀佛一万毕命相续者。即蒙弥陀加念。得除罪障。又蒙佛与圣众常来护念。既蒙护念。即得延年转寿长命安乐。因缘一一具如譬喻经惟无三昧经净度三昧经等说。此亦是现生护念增上缘。 又言见佛三昧增上缘者。即如观经说云。摩竭提国王夫人名韦提希。每在宫内愿常见佛。遥向耆阇崛山悲泣敬礼。佛遥知念。即于耆山没王宫出现。夫人已举 现代汉语译本： 影护爱乐相见，永远不会有各种恶鬼神带来的灾祸、障碍、厄难横加恼乱。具体如《护持品》中所说，这也是现生得到护念的增上缘。 又根据《灌顶经》第三卷所说，如果有人受持三归（皈依佛、皈依法、皈依僧）五戒（不杀生、不偷盗、不邪淫、不妄语、不饮酒），佛会敕令天帝，派遣六十一位天神，日夜年月跟随守护受戒之人，不让他们遭受各种恶鬼神的横加恼害。这也是现生得到护念的增上缘。 又如《净度三昧经》所说，佛告诉瓶沙大王（Bimbisara-raja，古印度摩揭陀国国王）：如果有男子女人，在每月六斋日（每月初八、十四、十五、二十三、二十九、三十日）及八王日（每年特定八天），向天曹地府一切业道，屡次忏悔过错并受持斋戒，佛会敕令六欲天王（欲界六天的天王），各自派遣二十五位善神，常来跟随守护持戒之人，也不让各种恶鬼神横加恼害，也没有横祸疾病死亡灾障，常常得到安稳。这也是现生得到护念的增上缘。 又告诉各位行者，只要今日日夜相续专心念诵弥陀佛（Amitabha，阿弥陀佛），专心诵读《弥陀经》，称扬礼赞净土圣众的庄严，发愿往生净土，每日诵经十五遍、二十遍、三十遍以上，或者诵经四十五遍、五十遍、一百遍以上，发愿圆满十万遍，又称扬礼赞弥陀净土的依报（国土）正报（佛身）二种庄严，又除了进入三昧道场，每日念诵弥陀佛一万声至命终相续不断，就能蒙受弥陀佛的加持护念，得以消除罪障，又蒙受佛与圣众常常前来护念。既然蒙受护念，就能延年转寿，长命安乐。因缘一一具如《譬喻经》、《惟无三昧经》、《净度三昧经》等所说，这也是现生得到护念的增上缘。 又说见到佛的三昧增上缘，就像《观经》所说，摩竭提国（Magadha，古印度十六大国之一）国王的夫人，名叫韦提希（Vaidehi），常常在宫内希望见到佛，遥向耆阇崛山（Grdhrakuta，又名灵鹫山，佛陀常在此说法）悲泣敬礼，佛遥知她的心念，就在耆阇崛山没入王宫显现。
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English version: With the protection and love, they will meet, and there will never be any disasters, obstacles, or calamities caused by evil ghosts and spirits. As described in the 'Protection Chapter,' this is also a contributing factor to receiving protection in this present life. Furthermore, according to the third volume of the 'Abhiseka Sutra,' if someone upholds the Three Refuges (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha) and the Five Precepts (abstaining from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxicants), the Buddha will command the Heavenly Emperor to dispatch sixty-one heavenly deities to follow and protect the person who observes the precepts day and night, year after year, preventing them from suffering harm from various evil ghosts and spirits. This is also a contributing factor to receiving protection in this present life. Moreover, as stated in the 'Sutra of Pure Transcendence Samadhi,' the Buddha told King Bimbisara (Bimbisara-raja, King of Magadha in ancient India): If there are men and women who, on the six fasting days of each month (the 8th, 14th, 15th, 23rd, 29th, and 30th days of each month) and the Eight King Days (eight specific days each year), repeatedly confess their faults and uphold the precepts to the heavenly courts, the earthly realms, and all paths of karma, the Buddha will command the Six Desire Realm Kings (the kings of the six heavens of the Desire Realm) to each dispatch twenty-five virtuous deities to constantly follow and protect the precept-holders, preventing them from being harmed by various evil ghosts and spirits, and preventing them from experiencing unexpected illnesses, death, or disasters, and allowing them to always be secure. This is also a contributing factor to receiving protection in this present life. Furthermore, I tell all practitioners that as long as you continuously and wholeheartedly recite Amitabha Buddha's (Amitabha, the Buddha of Infinite Light) name day and night, diligently recite the 'Amitabha Sutra,' praise and venerate the Pure Land's holy assembly's adornments, and vow to be reborn in the Pure Land, reciting the sutra fifteen, twenty, or thirty times or more each day, or reciting it forty-five, fifty, or a hundred times or more, vowing to complete one hundred thousand recitations, and also praising and venerating the adornments of Amitabha's Pure Land's environment (land) and the Buddha's body, and also, apart from entering the Samadhi practice place, reciting Amitabha Buddha's name ten thousand times each day until the end of life, you will receive Amitabha Buddha's blessings and protection, allowing you to eliminate karmic obstacles, and you will also receive the constant protection of the Buddha and the holy assembly. Since you receive protection, you will be able to extend your years, prolong your life, and have a long, peaceful, and happy life. The causes and conditions are all described in detail in the 'Parable Sutra,' the 'Vimati Samadhi Sutra,' and the 'Sutra of Pure Transcendence Samadhi,' etc. This is also a contributing factor to receiving protection in this present life. Furthermore, regarding the contributing factor of the Samadhi of seeing the Buddha, as stated in the 'Contemplation Sutra,' the queen of the King of Magadha (Magadha, one of the sixteen great kingdoms of ancient India), named Vaidehi (Vaidehi), often wished to see the Buddha in the palace, and she would weep and pay homage towards Mount Grdhrakuta (Grdhrakuta, also known as Vulture Peak, where the Buddha often taught). The Buddha knew her thoughts from afar and appeared in the palace from Mount Grdhrakuta. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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头即见世尊。身紫金色坐宝莲华。目连阿难立侍左右。释梵临空散华供养。夫人见佛。举身投地号泣。向佛求哀忏悔。唯愿如来教我观于清净业处又如此经证。非直夫人心至见佛。亦与未来凡夫起教。但使有心愿见者。一依夫人至心忆佛。定见无疑。此即是弥陀佛三念愿力外加故得令见佛。言三力者。即如般舟三昧经说云。一者以大誓愿力加念故得见佛。二者以三昧定力加念故得见佛。三者以本功德力加念故得见佛。已下见佛缘中例同此义。故名见佛三昧增上缘。 问曰。夫人福力强胜。蒙佛加念故见佛。末法众生罪愆深重。何由得与夫人同例。又此义者甚深广大。一一具引佛经。以为明证。答曰。佛是三达圣人。六通无障。观机备教。不择浅深。但使归诚。何疑不见。即如观经下说云。佛赞韦提。快问此事。阿难受持广为多众宣说佛语。如来今者教韦提希及未来世一切众生。观于西方极乐世界。以佛愿力故。见彼国土。如执明镜自见面像。又以此经证。亦是弥陀佛三力外加故得见佛。故名见佛净土三昧增上缘。 又如下经云。佛告韦提。汝是凡夫。心想又劣。不能远见。致使诸佛如来有异方便令汝等见。夫人白佛言。我今因佛力故见彼国土。若佛灭后诸众生等。浊恶不善五苦所逼。云何得见极乐世界。 现代汉语译本 头一着地就见到了世尊（Bhagavan，佛的称号）。佛身呈紫金色，端坐在宝莲华上。目连（Maudgalyayana，佛陀十大弟子之一，以神通著称）和阿难（Ananda，佛陀十大弟子之一，以多闻著称）侍立在佛的左右。释（Śakra，帝释天）和梵（Brahma，大梵天）在空中散花供养。夫人见到佛，全身投地，号啕大哭，向佛哀求忏悔。只希望如来（Tathagata，佛的称号）教导我观想清净的业处。又如此经文可以证明，不只是夫人心诚意至见到佛，也为未来凡夫俗子开启了教化。只要有人真心愿意见到佛，完全依照夫人至诚忆念佛陀的方法，必定能见到，毫无疑问。这正是弥陀佛（Amitabha，阿弥陀佛）的三念愿力在外加持，才能得见佛。所说的三力，就像《般舟三昧经》所说：一是凭借大誓愿力加持忆念，所以能见到佛；二是凭借三昧（Samadhi，禅定）定力加持忆念，所以能见到佛；三是凭借本有的功德力加持忆念，所以能见到佛。以下关于见佛的因缘，都与此义相同。所以称为见佛三昧增上缘。 有人问：夫人福德之力强大殊胜，蒙受佛的加持忆念，所以能见到佛。末法时代的众生罪孽深重，如何能与夫人一样？而且这个道理非常深奥广大，请一一引用佛经，作为明确的证明。回答说：佛是具有三达（Trividya，宿命明、天眼明、漏尽明）的圣人，六通（Sadabhijna，六种神通）没有阻碍，观察众生的根机而施教，不分深浅。只要真心归顺，为何不能见到佛呢？就像《观经》下面所说：佛赞叹韦提希（Vaidehi，频婆娑罗王的夫人）：你问得好啊！阿难（Ananda）接受并广为大众宣说佛语：如来（Tathagata）现在教导韦提希（Vaidehi）以及未来世的一切众生，观想西方极乐世界。凭借佛的愿力，就能见到那个国土，就像拿着明镜自己照见自己的面容。又以此经文可以证明，这也是弥陀佛（Amitabha）的三力在外加持，才能得见佛。所以称为见佛净土三昧增上缘。 又如下面的经文所说：佛告诉韦提希（Vaidehi）：你是凡夫，心想又很迟钝，不能远见。所以诸佛如来（Tathagata）有特别的方法，让你们能够见到。夫人对佛说：我现在因为佛的力量，所以能见到那个国土。如果佛灭度后，那些众生处在污浊邪恶、不善的环境中，被五苦（五种苦难）所逼迫，要怎样才能见到极乐世界呢？