四十八願(天啟元年，歲次辛酉，七月三十日，時名大朗優婆塞)
Forty-Eight Vows
稽首三身圓滿尊，一切真如覺性海，稱彼法界等虛空，種種莊嚴大願海。果因交徹不思議，菩薩一切修行海，亦禮阿彌陀如來，觀音勢至及地藏。我為慈親罔極恩，遍憫一切眾生界，發生如實增上心，修行念佛勝方便。深信淨土攝受門，廣大誓願普皆被，妙戒為舟智慧舵，方便為帆佛力風。盡未來際渡眾生，終不一念捨五濁，諸佛願海如帝珠，攝於我願重重現。我願亦如摩尼王，諸佛願海悉皆攝，願輪橫遍於十方，亦復豎窮於三際。一切智智之所乘，故我至心勤修習。
I bow to the Threefold Perfect Body, the ocean of all true suchness and awakened nature, praised as the Dharma Realm, equal to space, the great ocean of vows adorned in myriad ways.
Cause and effect interpenetrate, inconceivable, the ocean of all Bodhisattva practices. I also bow to Amitabha Buddha, Guanyin, Mahasthamaprapta, and Ksitigarbha.
For the boundless kindness of my compassionate parents, and out of pity for all beings in the realms, I give rise to a true and superior mind, and cultivate the supreme skillful means of Buddha-remembrance.
I deeply believe in the gateway of the Pure Land's embrace, its vast vows universally covering all. Precepts are the boat, Wisdom the rudder, skillful means the sail, the Buddha's power the wind.
Until the end of time, I will ferry sentient beings, never for a single thought abandoning the Five Turbidities. The oceans of the Buddhas' vows are like Indra's net, reflecting my own vows within them again and again.
My vow is also like a wish-fulfilling jewel king, gathering all the Buddhas' oceans of vows. The wheel of my vow spreads horizontally throughout the ten directions, and also extends vertically through the three times.
It is the vehicle for All-Wisdom, therefore I earnestly and wholeheartedly cultivate it.
第一願，我本發心，上報慈父鍾之鳳生恩。願三寶力，令我無始慈父，咸生淨土，速證菩提，令聞我名者，亦報父恩。
First Vow: From the very beginning, I made this heartfelt wish—to repay the boundless kindness of my compassionate father, Zhong Zhifeng, who gave me life. By the power of the Three Jewels, may all my fathers from beginningless time be reborn in the Pure Land, swiftly attain Enlightenment, and may all who hear my name also repay their fathers' kindness.
第二願，我本發心，上報悲母金大蓮養育恩。願三寶力，令我無始悲母，咸生淨土，速證菩提，令聞我名者，亦報母恩。
Second Vow: I originally made this vow to repay the boundless kindness of my compassionate mother, Jin Dalian, who raised me. Through the power of the Three Jewels, may all my compassionate mothers from beginningless time be reborn in the Pure Land, swiftly attain enlightenment, and may all who hear my name also repay their mother’s kindness.
第三願，度法界眾生成佛竟，方取泥洹。
Third Vow: I will not enter Nirvana until I have guided all beings in the Dharma Realm to achieve Buddhahood.
第四願，我婬機身心俱斷，斷性亦無，令聞我名者，永斷婬根。
Fourth Vow: May I completely sever all lustful thoughts and desires, both in body and mind, to the point where even the notion of severance itself disappears. May all who hear my name forever cut off the very root of lust.
第五願，我殺害業習，滅盡無餘，令聞我名者，遍生慈力。
Fifth Vow: May all my habits of killing and harming be utterly extinguished, so that those who hear my name may be filled everywhere with the power of compassion.
第六願，我癡闇謗三寶業滅盡無餘，令聞我名者，正信三寶。
Sixth Vow: May my karma of ignorance, delusion, and slandering the Three Jewels be completely eradicated without remainder, and may all who hear my name come to have genuine faith in the Three Jewels.
第七願，我諸不善業悉得清淨，令聞我名者，安住梵行。
The Seventh Vow: May all my unwholesome karma be completely purified, and may those who hear my name abide in pure conduct.
第八願，我決生極樂世界，速證無上菩提，分身塵剎，盡未來際，度生無厭。
The Eighth Vow: I vow to be reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss, swiftly attain Supreme Enlightenment, manifest countless forms throughout all worlds, and for endless future ages, tirelessly guide all beings to liberation.
第九願，我生生不忘本願，於五濁世，善化眾生。
Ninth Vow: In every life, may I never forget my original vow—to skillfully guide all beings in this age of fivefold impurity.
第十願，我處處宏通正法，無諸魔障。
Tenth Vow: May I spread the true Dharma everywhere, free from all demonic obstacles.
十一願，得無量智慧，達一切佛法。
Eleventh Vow: To obtain boundless wisdom and fully comprehend all the teachings of the Buddha.
十二願，得無量辯才，開迷降外，一切無畏，如師子吼。
The twelfth vow: to attain boundless eloquence, dispel confusion and subdue opposing views, fearless in all matters, roaring like a lion.
十三願，得無量神通，遍十方國，承事如來及善知識，一切海會無不得與。
Thirteenth Vow: To obtain boundless spiritual powers, reaching throughout all lands in the ten directions, serving all Buddhas and virtuous teachers, and participating in every great assembly of beings.
十四願，我能出種種妙音，盡未來際，讚歎三寶，令眾生知所歸依。
My fourteenth vow is to be able to produce all kinds of wondrous sounds, throughout all time, praising the Three Jewels, so that all beings may know where to take refuge.
十五願，隨意出生種種妙供，供養三寶，為眾生作大福田。
The fifteenth vow: to manifest at will all manner of wondrous offerings to honor the Three Jewels, thereby creating a vast field of merit for all beings.
十六願，隨喜一切眾生所有功德，令成無上菩提。
The sixteenth vow: To rejoice in all the virtuous deeds of all beings, enabling them to attain supreme enlightenment.
十七願，十方如來成正覺時，我先勸請轉大法輪，開示眾生無上覺路。
The Seventeenth Vow: When the Buddhas of the ten directions attain perfect enlightenment, I will first urge them to turn the great Dharma wheel, revealing to all beings the supreme path of awakening.
十八願，十方如來般涅槃時，我悉勸請莫入涅槃，常住世閒饒益含識。
The Eighteenth Vow: When any Buddha in the ten directions is about to enter Nirvana, I will urge and request them not to enter final extinction, but to remain in the world to benefit all sentient beings.
十九願，一切海會，推我為大法王子，佛讚我功德智慧，慈悲願力，如觀世音、地藏王，等無有異。
The Nineteenth Vow: All assemblies of the ocean-wide gathering acknowledge me as the Great Dharma Prince. The Buddha praised my merit, wisdom, compassion, and vow-power, declaring them no different from those of Avalokiteshvara and Ksitigarbha.
二十願，以大悲光照諸地獄，觸我光者，應時變諸苦事悉成妙樂。
The Twentieth Vow: With great compassion, I will illuminate all the hell realms. Those touched by my light will instantly find all their sufferings transformed into wondrous bliss.
二十一願，以大悲光照諸餓鬼，觸我光者，應時捨身得淨土生。
The Twenty-First Vow: With great compassion, I will shine my light upon all hungry ghosts. Those touched by my light will immediately leave their suffering forms and be reborn in the Pure Land.
二十二願，以大悲光照諸畜生，蒙我光者離諸怖畏，捨身之後得淨土生。
The twenty-second vow: With great compassion, I will shine my light upon all sentient beings. Those touched by my light will be freed from all fears and terrors. After leaving their bodies, they will be reborn in the Pure Land.
二十三願，以大悲光照諸鬼神，蒙我光者，悉捨瞋心開悟佛道，捨諸醜陋得清淨身。
The twenty-third vow: May I, with the radiance of great compassion, illuminate all spirits and ghosts. May all who receive this light abandon their hatred, awaken to the Buddha’s path, cast off their ugly forms, and attain pure and beautiful bodies.
二十四願，以大悲光照諸苦惱眾生，蒙我光者，疾病消除，六根具足，厄難恐怖悉皆解脫，無病延年，發菩提意，若臨命終，即生淨土。
The Twenty-Four Vows, shining with great compassion upon all suffering beings. Those touched by this light will have their illnesses cured, their six senses made whole, and all calamities, fears, and afflictions released. They will enjoy health and long life, awaken the mind of enlightenment, and at life’s end be reborn in the Pure Land.
二十五願，以大悲光，照有形無形、有想無想，及諸魔外，令其身心捨諸邪見，通達佛乘。
The twenty-fifth vow: May the light of great compassion shine upon all beings—those with form and without form, with thought and without thought, as well as all demons and outsiders—so that they may abandon all wrong views in body and mind, and realize the path of Buddhahood.
二十六願，以大悲光照觸人天，令不迷欲樂，及欣厭定，勤求無上菩提。
The twenty-sixth vow: May the light of great compassion shine upon all beings in the heavens and the human realm, so that they are not lost in the pleasures of desire, nor attached to meditative states of joy or aversion, but diligently seek the supreme enlightenment.
二十七願，以大悲光照聲聞緣覺，令捨無為，速趣佛乘。
The twenty-seventh vow: May I, with the radiance of great compassion, illuminate those who are Hearers and Solitary Realizers, causing them to abandon the state of mere cessation and swiftly advance toward the Buddha Vehicle.
二十八願，以大悲聲，令一切眾生決定明悟，不戀三界、不樂餘乘，唯求無上菩提。
The twenty-eighth vow: With the voice of great compassion, may all beings be made to decisively understand and awaken, so that they no longer cling to the three realms, nor delight in lesser paths, but single-mindedly seek supreme enlightenment.
二十九願，以大悲神力，隨順眾生種種所求，俾於我法生深信心。
Twenty-ninth Vow: With the power of great compassion, I will respond to the various needs of all beings, enabling them to develop profound faith in my Dharma.
三十願，以救度眾生故，於十方現作佛身，或淨土攝取，或穢土調伏，方便無量。
The thirtieth vow: For the sake of rescuing and liberating all beings, I manifest as a Buddha in all directions—sometimes receiving them in a pure land, sometimes guiding them in an impure world—with boundless skillful means.
三十一願，救度眾生故，隨類現身，一一類中，種族尊勝、威德自在，令諸同類敬愛受教，直至菩提。
The Thirty-First Vow: To save and deliver all beings, I will manifest in forms suited to each kind of being. In every kind, I will be of noble birth, majestic and free in spiritual power, so that all beings of that kind will respect, love, and accept my teaching, until they attain enlightenment.
三十二願，以大悲方便，現於一切無佛法處、法滅處、佛法不能行處，隱顯大化，為長夜燈，救拔沈冥出於苦海。
The thirty-second vow: With great compassion and skillful means, I manifest in all places where the Dharma is absent, where the Dharma has perished, and where the Dharma cannot be practiced. Whether hidden or revealed, I carry out the great transformation, serving as a lamp in the long night, rescuing and lifting the sunken and deluded out of the sea of suffering.
三十三願，恒於眾生饑渴之時現作飲食，疾疫現作藥草，寒作衣服，熱作涼風，險阻作津梁，一切所須皆現作之，若服若食、若倚若履，咸得安樂，發菩提心。
The thirty-third vow: Whenever living beings are hungry or thirsty, I will manifest as food and drink. When there is sickness, I will manifest as medicine. In the cold, I will manifest as clothing. In the heat, I will manifest as a cool breeze. In dangerous places, I will manifest as a bridge or a ferry. Whatever is needed, I will manifest it—whether it is something to wear, to eat, to lean on, or to walk upon—so that all may find peace and happiness, and awaken the mind of enlightenment.
三十四願，樂求佛乘眾生，聞我名已，不捨肉身，得佛菩提。
My thirty-fourth vow: For all beings who joyfully seek the Buddha vehicle, upon hearing my name, they will not abandon their physical bodies and yet attain the enlightenment of a Buddha.
三十五願，莊嚴佛土菩薩，聞我名已，其國踰於極樂，欲現穢土，則得無量方便，善化剛強。
The thirty-fifth vow: When a Bodhisattva who adorns a Buddha-land hears my name, their land will surpass the Land of Ultimate Bliss. If they wish to manifest an impure land, they will attain immeasurable skillful means to skillfully transform the stubborn and unyielding.
三十六願，令欲見諸佛土、聞法眾生，皆得見聞。
The thirty-sixth vow: May all beings who wish to see the Buddha-lands and hear the Dharma be able to see and hear them.
三十七願，令欲往無數世界供養三寶眾生，一念之閒普得周遍。
The Thirty-Seventh Vow: May all beings who wish to travel to countless worlds to make offerings to the Three Jewels, in a single instant of thought, reach them all.
三十八願，令欲生佛土眾生，聞我名號，即得隨願往生。
The Thirty-Eighth Vow: When beings who aspire to be born in the Buddha-land hear my name, they shall immediately attain rebirth in accordance with their wish.
三十九願，令同我誓願眾生，速得無量智慧方便，威德自在。
The Thirty-Ninth Vow: May all beings who share my vow swiftly attain boundless wisdom and skillful means, with majestic virtue and perfect freedom.
四十願，令樂小乘眾生速登聖果，即回心入菩薩乘。
The fortieth vow: that beings attached to the lesser vehicle may swiftly attain the holy fruit, then turn their minds and enter the bodhisattva path.
四十一願，十方修行菩薩，聞我名號，直至菩提，永無魔事。
Forty-first Vow: May all Bodhisattvas practicing throughout the ten directions, upon hearing my name, be free from all demonic hindrances until they attain complete Enlightenment.
四十二願，十方魔外，聞我名號，即捨邪見，同歸正覺。
The Forty-Second Vow: All demons and heretics throughout the ten directions, upon hearing my name, will abandon their wrong views and together attain true enlightenment.
四十三願，以大悲心力，使五逆十惡四棄八棄，當墮大獄眾生，知求哀懺悔，隨現勝妙色身摩頂安慰，令罪根永拔，發菩提心。
The Forty-Third Vow: With the power of great compassion, for those beings who have committed the five grave offenses, the ten evil deeds, or the four and eight prohibitions, and are destined to fall into the great hells—if they know to seek repentance and remorse, I will manifest a sublime and wondrous form, touch their heads in comfort, and cause the roots of their offenses to be forever uprooted, awakening in them the mind of enlightenment.
四十四願，以平等大慈悲力，能滅謗我法、詈我名者，極重惡障，速趣菩提。
The forty-fourth vow: With the power of equal and great compassion, it can eradicate the extremely heavy evil obstacles of those who slander my teachings and revile my name, enabling them to swiftly attain enlightenment.
四十五願，我慈眼最極清淨，普視盡虛空界，乃至極苦處悉令安樂，極惡眾生悉令賢善。
My forty-fifth vow: With my eyes of compassion, perfectly clear and pure, I gaze upon the entire realm of empty space. Even in the places of deepest suffering, I bring peace and ease. Even among the most wicked beings, I lead them to goodness and virtue.
四十六願，我印手最極莊嚴，於念念中，出一切供養雲、珍寶雲、衣服雲、眾具雲、飲食雲、醫藥雲、三昧雲、總持雲、辯才雲、光照雲，遍虛空界，盡未來際，利益眾生。
The forty-sixth vow: My hands shall be imprinted with the most sublime adornments. In every single thought-moment, they shall manifest clouds of offerings—clouds of precious jewels, clouds of garments, clouds of all necessities, clouds of food and drink, clouds of medicine, clouds of meditative concentration, clouds of spiritual mastery, clouds of eloquent wisdom, and clouds of radiant light—filling the entire realm of space, extending throughout the endless future, to bring benefit to all sentient beings.
四十七願，我名號盡十方界靡不周遍，彼法滅處，我名不滅，恒令聞稱，悉得解脫。
The forty-seventh vow: My name shall resound throughout all realms of the ten directions, reaching everywhere without exception. Even in places where the Dharma has perished, my name shall not perish. May all who hear and call upon it always attain liberation.
四十八願，我色身最極微妙，以不可說不可說佛剎極微塵數大人相而自莊嚴，一一相有不可說不可說佛剎極微塵數隨形好，一一好有不可說不可說佛剎極微塵數光明，一一光作不可說不可說佛剎極微塵數色，嚴飾國界，演不可說不可說佛剎極微塵數聲，宣揚妙法，出不可說不可說佛剎極微塵數香華、飲食，衣服、眾具，普供一切，現不可說不可說佛剎極微塵數化佛，教化一切，一一佛有不可說不可說佛剎極微塵數諸化菩薩，一一菩薩有不可說不可說佛剎極微塵數殊勝莊嚴，一一嚴作不可說不可說佛剎極微塵數廣大佛事，一一事於不可說不可說佛剎極微塵數世界利益眾生。有見一佛事，則得見我微妙色身。見我身者，則能與我平等，則能速得成佛。
In my forty-eighth vow, my physical form is the most supremely subtle and wondrous, adorned with as many major marks as there are specks of dust in countless, indescribable Buddha-lands. Each of these marks possesses as many minor characteristics as there are specks of dust in countless, indescribable Buddha-lands. Each of these characteristics radiates as many beams of light as there are specks of dust in countless, indescribable Buddha-lands. Each beam of light manifests as many colors as there are specks of dust in countless, indescribable Buddha-lands, adorning the entire realm. They produce as many sounds as there are specks of dust in countless, indescribable Buddha-lands, proclaiming the wondrous Dharma. They emit as many fragrant flowers, food, drink, garments, and all necessities as there are specks of dust in countless, indescribable Buddha-lands, universally providing for all beings. They manifest as many transformation Buddhas as there are specks of dust in countless, indescribable Buddha-lands, teaching and guiding all beings. Each of these Buddhas is accompanied by as many transformation Bodhisattvas as there are specks of dust in countless, indescribable Buddha-lands. Each of these Bodhisattvas possesses as many sublime adornments as there are specks of dust in countless, indescribable Buddha-lands. Each adornment performs as many vast Buddha-deeds as there are specks of dust in countless, indescribable Buddha-lands. Each deed brings benefit to sentient beings in as many worlds as there are specks of dust in countless, indescribable Buddha-lands. Whoever witnesses even a single one of these Buddha-deeds will be able to see my subtle and wondrous physical form. Whoever sees my form will become equal to me and will swiftly attain Buddhahood.