delivered by Shakyamuni Buddha

The light of Amitabha shines brilliantly, illuminating all the Buddha-lands of the ten quarters. There is no place where it is not perceived. For this reason, Amitayus is called by the following names: the Buddha of Infinite Light, the Buddha of Boundless Light, the Buddha of Unhindered Light, the Buddha of Incomparable Light, the Buddha of the Light of the King of Flame, etc.

The majestic glory of the light of Amitabha could not be exhaustively described even if I praised it continuously, day and night, for the period of one kalpa.

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.

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.


Beautiful jewelled fabric covers the ground where all the devas and humans walk. As the breeze blows, flowers are scattered throughout the Buddha-land; they spontaneously divide into different colors, not mixed together. They are soft and pleasant to touch, glow brilliantly, and diffuse rich fragrances. When one's foot is placed on them, they sink down four inches, but when the foot is lifted, they rise to their former level. When the flowers have served their purpose, the earth opens up and they vanish, leaving the ground clean and without trace of them. At the right moment, six times a day, the breeze wafts, scattering the flowers in this way.
 


Bodhi: sanskrit for "enlightenment". The tree under which Shakyamuni Buddha, meditating, attained enlightenment.

When a gentle breeze wafts through its branches and leaves, innumerable exquisite Dharma-sounds arise, which spread far and wide, pervading all the other Buddha-lands in the ten quarters. Whether they hear the sounds of the Bodhi-tree, see its colors, smell its perfumes, taste its flavors, perceive its lights or conceive of the Dharma in their minds, they all attain profoundly penetrating insight into dharmas and dwell in the Stage of Non-retrogression.


The bodhisattvas in this land who wish to see the immeasurable glorious Buddha-lands of the ten quarters, are able to view all of them reflected in the jewelled trees, just as one sees one's face reflected in a clear mirror.


The thousands of varieties of musical sound produced in the Sixth Heaven are a ten billion times inferior to one sound produced from the seven-jewelled trees in the land of Amitabha. When soft breezes waft through the rows of jewelled trees and jewelled nets, they produce subtle, wonderful sounds. It is as if a hundred thousand musical instruments were playing together. In that land, there are thousands of varieties of natural music, which are all, without exception, sounds of the Dharma. They are clear and serene, full of depth and resonance, delicate and harmonious; they are the most excellent of sounds in all the worlds of the ten quarters.