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你們各位要是覺得涼，可以披上一點東西，我就有這一件東西，可以給這個小徒弟。我沒有那麼多，不能給所有的人，所以你們自己應該要照顧自己。
念佛法門，簡簡單單地來講有四種：第一就是觀想念佛。第二就是觀相念佛。第三是持名念佛。第四是實相念佛。
第一觀想念佛：你就要做一種觀想。想什麼呢？想：「阿彌陀佛身金色」：阿彌陀佛全身都是金色的。
「相好光明無等倫」：阿彌陀佛這個相好，也是沒有比的；阿彌陀佛的光明那也是沒有比的。阿彌陀佛也是有三十二相、八十種隨行好，光明遍照一切有緣的眾生。誰有緣，阿彌陀佛的光就照誰。我們現在打佛七，誰有誠心，阿彌陀佛的光就會照哪一個。要有真誠的心，拿出真心來不怕辛苦唸佛，要用至誠懇切的心來唸佛。
「白毫宛轉五須彌」：阿彌陀佛二眉中就有個白毫。這個白毫有多大呢？有五個須彌山那麼大。這個須彌山有多大呢？須彌山，是最高的；我們所有的山，須彌山是最高的。我們所看見的虛空這叫四王天；這個須彌山高過四王天一半，透過四王天去，比四王天還高。那麼阿彌陀佛這個像呢，他這個白毫比五個須彌山還大。你看這有多大！
「紺目澄清四大海」：阿彌陀佛那個眼睛，單單那個眼睛，就有四個大海那麼大。你說這是不是 big eyes（大眼）？四個大海那麼大的眼睛。這個紺目——碧綠色的眼睛，有四個大海那麼大。那麼你說他身體有多大？這個身體，有百億那麼多的三千大千世界那麼大。
「光中化佛無數億。」：這阿彌陀佛又放光；他眼睛也放光，耳朵也放光，鼻子也放光，口也放光，什麼地方都是放光。每一個汗毛孔上，都現出無量無邊那麼多的世界。那麼多的佛。你看，這是你心裡想都想不到那麼大了。光中化佛無數億，化出來的佛不知多少。
「化菩薩眾亦無邊」：在他每一個汗毛上，化出來的菩薩也是無量無邊那麼多。
「四十八願度眾生」：他有四十八願來教化眾生。
「九品咸令登彼岸」：他這個蓮花分成九品，九九八十一品。怎麼叫九品呢？有上品，有中品，有下品。這又分出九品：有上上品、上中品、上下品，這上三品；中上品、中中品、中下品，這中三品；下上品、下中品、下下品，這下三品。在每一品裡頭又分出來九品，所以這有九九八十一品的蓮花。
這個大的蓮花有多大呢？大的蓮花大約有一百個美國這麼大；那麼小的蓮花呢？或者就有美國這麼大。這舉出這麼一個例子，你們大家就可以知道一個大概了。那麼蓮花越大的呢，你成佛坐的蓮花那個法身也大。蓮花出得像一個美國的面積這麼大的一朵蓮花，那個佛的法身也就和全美國這麼大的面積一個樣子，所以化出來的佛也不可思議。
他有「四十八願度眾生，九品咸令登彼岸。」這是一個觀想念佛。
我們這兒聽經呢，有幾個蚊子牠們就想了。牠想：「佛相怎麼會這麼大呢？這我不相信。」不過這是應該牠不相信，因為牠太小了，所以就不會相信有大的。牠不但不相信佛是這麼大；牠也不相信人是這麼大。牠雖然看見人，牠也不知道人是什麼？牠以為人就是個須彌山。我們每一個人都有須彌山。什麼是我們自己那個須彌山呢？我今天把這個最微妙的法告訴你們，就是你們那個貢高我慢。不相信？
Okay！今天就講這麼多。還有三個沒講完。你們晚間做夢，或者有人告訴你們；如果沒有做這個夢，明天我再告訴你們。
待續
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Simply explained, there are four kinds of Buddha Recitation. The first is "Contemplating by Thought Buddha Recitation"; the second, "Contemplating an Image Buddha Recitation"; the third, "Holding the Name Buddha Recitation"; and the fourth, "Real Mark Buddha Recitation."
In "Contemplating by Thought Buddha Recitation" one contemplates the following verse:
Amitabha Buddha's body is of golden hue,
His fine marks brilliant beyond compare.
The white hair-mark winds as high as five Mount Sumerus,
And his purple eyes are as deep and clear as four great seas.
Countless transformation Buddhas appear within his light,
With transformation Bodhisattvas, also numberless.
His forty-eight vows take living beings across
In nine grades of lotuses to reach the other shore.
Amitabha Buddha's body is of golden hue. Amitabha Buddha's entire body is gold.
His fine marks brilliant beyond compare. His characteristics are incomparable. Amitabha's light is unequalled. He has the thirty-two marks and eighty minor characteristics of a Buddha. His brilliant light pervasively illumines all living beings with whom he has an affinity.
Whoever is sincere in his recitation during this session may be illuminated by Amitabha's light. But your heart must be truly sincere. Bring forth your true heart to recite the Buddha's name, and don't fear suffering or pain. You must be extremely sincere and earnest.
The white hair-mark winds as high as five Mount Sumerus. In the space between Amitabha Buddha's eyebrows there is a white hair-mark. How big is it? As big as five Mount Sumerus. And how high is Mount Sumeru? Mount Sumeru is the highest mountain there is. None of our mountains are as high.
The empty space that we see is called the Heaven of the Four Kings. Mount Sumeru is twice as high as this heaven. In other words, the Heaven of the Four Kings is located half-way up Mount Sumeru. Amitabha Buddha's white hair-mark is five times as high as Mount Sumeru. How high do you think that is?
His purple eyes are as deep and clear as four great seas. Amitabha Buddha's eyes alone are as large as four seas. Now, would you say he has big eyes? His purple eyes, bright and clear, are as big as four great seas, so how big would you say his entire body is? His body is as big as one hundred million trichiliocosms.
Countless transformation Buddhas appear within his light. Amitabha Buddha emits light from his eyes, his ears, his nose, and his mouth. His entire body pours forth light, and from every hair pore on his body appear Buddhas from boundless universes. See? Your mind can't possibly conceive of anything so big. No one knows how many transformation Buddhas he creates.
With transformation Bodhisattvas, also numberless. The Bodhisattvas which appear on every single hair pore of his body are also boundless.
His forty-eight vows take living beings across. He has made forty-eight vows to teach and transform living beings.
In nine grades of lotuses to reach the other shore. His lotuses are divided into nine grades:
1. superior rebirth in the superior grade;
2. superior rebirth in the middle grade;
3. superior rebirth in the lower grade;
4. middle rebirth in the superior grade;
5. middle rebirth in the middle grade;
6. middle rebirth in the lower grade;
7. lower rebirth in the superior grade;
8. lower rebirth in the middle grade;
9. lower rebirth in the lower grade.
Each of these nine grades in turn divides into nine, making nine times nine, or eighty-one grades in all.
Among the eighty-one grades, how big is the largest lotus? It's about one hundred times as big as the United States of America. A small lotus is about the size of this country. This should give you a general idea. The bigger your lotus is, the bigger your Dharmabody will be when you realize Buddhahood and sit upon the lotus throne. If your lotus is the size of a single U.S.A., then as a Buddha you will also be just about that big. The Buddha's transformation bodies are inconceivable.
This is called "Contemplation by Thought Buddha Recitation."
As we sit here listening to the lecture, several mosquitoes among us are thinking, "Oh! How can the Buddha be that big? I don't believe it." It's fitting that they don't believe it, because they are so small they can't believe there could be something that big. Not only do they not believe that the Buddha is as big as he is, they also don't believe people are as big as they are. Although they may see a person, they don't know what a person is. They think we are Mount Sumerus. Each one of us is, in fact, a Mount Sumeru. What does that mean? Today I'll reveal this most subtle and wonderful dharma: Your Mount Sumeru is just your arrogance, your smugness, and your disbelief!
Okay. That's all for today. There are still three more types of Buddha Recitation to be discussed. Perhaps someone will tell you in a dream tonight what they are. If not, I'll explain them tomorrow.
To be continued
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