--- title: "靈峰蕅益大師宗論 · 孕蓮說" description: "靈峰蕅益大師宗論是明末高僧智旭的著作。明末佛教面臨內部僵化與外部挑戰，智旭大師立足天台宗，主張禪教律淨融合，回應時代弊病。該書匯集其書信、註疏與開示，系統闡述性相融通、淨土為歸的佛學思想，強調解行並進與實踐修行。作為中國佛教史上承先啟後的巨著，它深刻影響了後世漢傳佛教的發展，尤其對淨土宗的推廣貢獻卓著，被尊為淨土宗第九祖的智旭，其思想透過此論成為明清佛教的重要指南。" url: "https://rushiwowen.co/en/r/cmgn46fpf0np2k1043kcjx9yx" --- ### 孕蓮說亦名求生淨土訣 > Lotus Seed of Rebirth Also known as "The Secret of Seeking Rebirth in the Pure Land" 癸未冬，予弘《法華》於普德，李石蘭居士，忘其齒爵，最先皈依，時有求子凡情，予名曰淨育。越三年，則轉其求子之心，塑佛像，朝夕戀慕，一意求生淨土矣。予語之曰：世閒生育，膿血雜亂，安得稱淨？唯蓮華化生，乃真淨育，居士當別號孕蓮，予更請以要訣券焉。古人謂：愛不重不生娑婆，念不一不生極樂。居士既不求子，則愛已輕，又能塑佛，則念已一。乃更有要訣者，蓋莫切於「是心作佛，是心是佛」二語也。夫栴檀不過世閒木耳，燒則成灰，雕則成像，豈非隨心所作乎？既成像矣，朝夕禮拜瞻對，朝夕在心目中，心外無佛，豈非即心而是乎？若知所雕佛像，的的心作心是，則知極樂彌陀，亦的的心作心是也。若知極樂彌陀，心作心是，則知十方三世一切諸佛，亦的的心作心是也。若知一切諸佛心作心是，則知一切淨土，亦的的心作心是也。以唯心淨因，育唯心淨果，無生而生，生即無生。操此券而猶墮疑城，斷不可得；悟此訣而猶謂淨土法門不至圓頓，尤不可得矣。 > In the winter of the year Guiwei, I was teaching the Lotus Sutra at Pude Temple. Layman Li Shilan, disregarding his age and social status, was the first to take refuge in the Three Jewels. At that time, he harbored the ordinary worldly wish for a child, so I gave him the Dharma name "Jingyu" (Pure Nurturing). Three years later, he had transformed his desire for a child into the aspiration to make a Buddha statue. Morning and night he devoted himself to it, single-mindedly seeking rebirth in the Pure Land. I said to him: "Worldly childbirth is a mess of blood and pus—how could that be called pure? Only being born from a lotus flower is truly pure nurturing. You should take the name 'Yunlian' (Pregnant Lotus)," and I further gave him a vital key to practice. The ancients said: "If love is not heavy, one is not born in the Saha world; if thought is not unified, one is not born in Ultimate Bliss." Since you no longer seek a child, your love has already become light. Since you also make Buddha images, your thought has already become unified. As for the vital key, nothing is more essential than these two phrases: "This mind makes the Buddha; this mind is the Buddha." Sandalwood is merely a worldly wood—burn it and it becomes ashes, carve it and it becomes an image. Is this not created according to the mind? Once the image is made, you bow to it morning and night. It is always before you, always in your mind. The Buddha is not apart from the mind—is this not exactly what is meant by "this mind is the Buddha"? If you realize that the carved Buddha image is truly made by the mind and is the mind, then you will know that the Buddha Amitabha in the Pure Land is also truly made by the mind and is the mind. If you know that Amitabha in the Pure Land is made by the mind and is the mind, then you will know that all Buddhas of the ten directions and three times are also truly made by the mind and are the mind. If you know that all Buddhas are made by the mind and are the mind, then you will know that all Pure Lands are also truly made by the mind and are the mind. With the pure cause of the mind-only, nurture the pure fruit of the mind-only. Without birth, yet born—born, yet without birth. If you hold this key and still fall into the city of doubt, that is impossible. If you awaken to this secret and still say the Pure Land Dharma door is not perfect and sudden, that is even more impossible.