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Pure Land Direct Guide (西歸直指)

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Qing · by 周夢顏彙集

33,635 · about 112 min

The *Straightforward Guide to the Western Pure Land* is an important Pure Land text compiled by the lay Buddhist Zhou Mengyan during the Qing Dynasty. Composed in an era when Pure Land faith was widely practiced, its purpose is to guide beings toward rebirth in the Pure Land, directly pointing the way to the West. The work systematically brings together the essential teachings from Pure Land sutras, accounts of rebirth, and key practice methods, emphasizing faith, vow, and mindfulness of the Buddha to seek rebirth in the Land of Ultimate Bliss. The book is rigorously structured and written in clear, concise language. It is regarded as a vital guide for Pure Land practice, holding a pivotal place in Buddhist history that connects past teachings with future developments, and it has had a profound influence on the propagation of the Pure Land tradition for later generations.


No. 1173-A周安士居士傳
周夢顏。一名思仁。字安士。崑山諸生也。博通經藏。深信淨土法門。自號懷西居士。嘗以眾生造無量罪。唯淫殺二業。實居大半。因著戒殺戒淫二書。其戒殺書。名萬善先資。言多懇切深痛。自言每過一切神祠。必祝願云。唯願尊神。發出世心。勿受血食。一心常念阿彌陀佛。求生淨土。思仁自今二十四歲。直至壽盡。中間若殺一小魚蝦。乃至家中眷屬。若有一人傷一蚊蟻。唯願尊神是糾是殛。迅雷擊碎所著書板。思仁自今二十四歲。直至壽盡。臨河見魚。仰面見鳥。不思救度。反萌殺機。亦同此誓。思仁自今二十四歲。直至壽盡。若夢寐中。見人殺生。不能至心稱佛名號。發救度心。而反歡喜贊成其事。亦同此誓。其戒淫書。名慾海回狂。勸諸淫者。先觀胎獄。了種種苦。是謂息淫原始方便。次觀此身。諸蟲蝟集。宛轉遊行。食人腦髓。是為初開不淨方便。次觀男女膿血洟唾。惡露中滿。猶如溷廁。糞穢所都。是為息淫對治方便。次想死人。正直仰臥。寒冰徹骨。黃水流出。臭不可聞。徧體生蟲。處處鑽嚙。皮肉漸盡。骨節縱橫。乃至冢破骨出。人獸踐踏。而我此身。終亦如是。次念法華所說因緣。生相滅相。與不生滅。是為斷淫窮原方便。次觀自身。在極樂世界七寶池內蓮華之中。蓮華開敷。見阿彌陀佛。坐寶蓮華。及諸種種莊嚴瑞相。亦見自身禮拜供養於佛。作是觀時。發願往生極樂世界。永脫淫穽。是為究竟解脫方便。又嘗輯西歸直指四卷。乾隆四年正月。與家人訣。云將西歸。家人請以香湯沐浴。却之曰。我香湯沐浴久矣。談笑而逝。異香郁然滿一室。年八十四。

No. 1173-B 像贊

CBETA Code: X1173

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