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English version: Bhikkhu Correct Knowledge No. 1169-C Postscript Originally, the three realms are only mind, and all dharmas are only consciousness. Only mind and only consciousness are the keys to opening and closing the gate to enter Nirvana (Nirvana, a Buddhist term referring to the state of liberation from the cycle of birth and death) and reaching the unproduced (anutpāda, a Buddhist term referring to the truth of non-birth and non-death). The teachings say that dharmas do not arise in isolation, but are produced by the coincidence of causes and conditions (hetu-pratyaya, a Buddhist term referring to the conditions and relationships for the arising of things). The Buddhas and patriarchs of ancient and modern times breathe through the same nostrils, and are all about saving sentient beings as a major cause and condition. Therefore, they use various coarse or subtle languages to patiently guide sentient beings to the shore of enlightenment and obtain the meaning of the unproduced forbearance (anutpatti-dharma-kṣānti, a Buddhist term referring to the understanding and acceptance of the truth of non-birth and non-death). The old man Youxi of Tiantai wrote treatises to elaborate on the Pure Land (Sukhavati, a Buddhist term referring to the pure land of Amitabha Buddha) thought, laying out ten gates, highlighting the doctrine of wonderful existence (adbhūta-sat, a Buddhist term referring to the inconceivable existence), and singing the song of the unproduced. The language is concise and comprehensive, the facts and principles are perfectly integrated, the nature and characteristics (svabhāva-lakṣaṇa, a Buddhist term referring to the nature and phenomena of things) are interconnected, horizontally covering the eight teachings, and vertically penetrating the five periods, thoroughly revealing the ultimate discussion. It can be said that the bright moon hangs in the clear sky, and there is no darkness that it does not illuminate. The one who titled it 'Collected' is the Venerable Liang of Hongluo, who has deep affection for the Dharma and a compassionate heart. All this is because the time is in the final kalpa of the Dharma's decline, with latecomers of shallow roots and dull faculties, weak intelligence, and difficulty in reaching the profound meaning, not conforming to the holy intention of the Buddhas and patriarchs above, and not understanding their own minds below. Therefore, with skillful and expedient wisdom, he selected scriptures and teachings, collected the words of the patriarchs, and responded to the symptoms at any time. The effect is immediate, and the nine grades of golden land (a Buddhist term referring to the nine levels of rebirth in the Pure Land) are like being in the palm of one's hand, and the treasure place of the flower pond seems to appear before one's eyes. It is truly a good prescription for saving the poor and needy. If it can be shared with like-minded people, if this book is held diligently, circulated and distributed, it will not fail the painstaking efforts of the great master Liang, nor will it obscure the ardent blood, propagate the Dharma, and never fall. The self-nature Amitabha (Amitābha, a Buddhist term referring to the inherent Buddha-nature in everyone), the Pure Land of the mind, is not far away, and the supremely adorned Western Paradise (Sukhavati, a Buddhist term referring to the pure land of Amitabha Buddha) is the 'Collection of the Treatise on the Non-Birth of Birth'. At the time of The winter of the twenty-ninth year of Daoguang, respectfully recorded by Liancun of the Eryou Abbot's Room on Hongluo Mountain --------------------------------------------------------------------------------