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Exemplarious translation:
１１．佛告阿難。無量壽佛威神光明最尊第一。諸佛光明所不能及。或有佛光照百佛世界。或千佛世界。取要言之。乃照東方恒沙佛剎。南西北方四維上下亦復如是。或有佛光照于七尺。或照一由旬二三四五由旬。如是轉倍乃至照一佛剎。
The Buddha said to Ananda, "The majestic light of the Buddha Amitabha is the most exalted. No other Buddha's light can match his. The light of some Buddhas illuminates a hundred Buddha-lands, and that of others, a thousand Buddha-lands. Briefly, that of Amitabha illuminates the eastern Buddha-land, as numerous as the sands of the River Ganges. In the same way, it illuminates the Buddha-lands in the south, west and north, in each of the four intermediate quarters, above and below. Further, the light of some Buddhas extends seven feet; that of others, one yojana, or two, three, four or five yojanas; and the distance covered increases in this way until the light of some Buddhas illuminates one Buddha-land.
是故無量壽佛號無量光佛。無邊光佛。無礙光佛。無對光佛。炎王光佛。清淨光佛。歡喜光佛。智慧光佛。不斷光佛。難思光佛。無稱光佛。超日月光佛。
"For this reason, Amitabha is called by the following names: the Buddha of Infinite Light, the Buddha of Boundless Light, the Buddha of Unhindered Light, [270b] the Buddha of Incomparable Light, the Buddha of the Light of the King of Flame, the Buddha of Pure Light, the Buddha of the Light of Joy, the Buddha of Light of Wisdom, the Buddha of Unceasing Light, the Buddha of Inconceivable Light, the Buddha of Ineffable Light, and the Buddha of the Light Outshining the Sun and the Moon.
其有眾生遇斯光者三垢消滅身意柔軟。歡喜踊躍善心生焉。若在三塗勤苦之處。見此光明皆得休息無復苦惱。壽終之後皆蒙解脫。
"If, sentient beings encounter his light, their three defilements are removed; they feel tenderness, joy and pleasure; and good thoughts arise. If sentient beings in the three realms of suffering see his light, they will all be relieved and freed from affliction. At the end of their lives, they all reach emancipation.
無量壽佛光明顯赫照曜十方諸佛國土。莫不聞知。不但我今稱其光明。一切諸佛聲聞緣覺諸菩薩眾。咸共歎譽亦復如是。若有眾生。聞其光明威神功德。日夜稱說至心不斷。隨意所願得生其國。為諸菩薩聲聞大眾。所共歎譽稱其功德。至其然後得佛道時。普為十方諸佛菩薩。歎其光明亦如今也。
"The light of Amitayus shines brilliantly, illuminating all the Buddha-lands of the ten quarters. There is no place where it is not perceived. I am not the only one who now praises his light. All the Buddhas, shravakas, pratyekabuddhas and bodhisattvas praise and glorify it in the same way. If sentient beings, having heard of the majestic virtue of his light, glorify it continually, day and night, with sincerity of heart, they will be able to attain birth in his land, as they wish. Then the multitudes of bodhisattvas and shravakas will praise their excellent virtue. Later, when they attain Buddhahood, all the Buddhas and bodhisattvas in the ten quarters will praise their light, just as I now praise the light of Amitayus."
佛言。我說無量壽佛光明威神巍巍殊妙。晝夜一劫尚不能盡。
The Buddha continued, "The majestic glory of the light of Amitayus could not be exhaustively described even if I praised it continuously, day and night, for the period of one kalpa.."
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.
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