Sutra of Amitayus

shè wǒ dé fó … (Vows 1–8)

設我得佛，國有地獄、餓鬼、畜生者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中人天壽終之後復更三惡道者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中人天不悉真金色者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中人天形色不同有好醜者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中人天不悉識宿命，下至知百千億那由他諸劫事者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中人天不得天眼，下至見百千億那由他諸佛國者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中人天不得天耳，下至聞百千億那由他諸佛所說不悉受持者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中人天不得見他心智，下至知百千億那由他諸佛國中眾生心念者，不取正覺。

Vows 1–8: Dharmakara vows that his Pure Land will be free of the three lower realms (hells, hungry ghosts, animals); that beings born there will not fall back; that all will share the same golden color and same form; that they will recall past lives; that they will have the divine eye, divine ear, and mind-reading ability.

shè wǒ dé fó … (Vows 9–16)

設我得佛，國中人天不得神足於一念頃，下至不能超過百千億那由他諸佛國者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中人天若起想念貪計身者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中人天不住定聚必至滅度者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，光明有能限量，下至不照百千億那由他諸佛國者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，壽命有能限量，下至百千億那由他劫者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中聲聞有能計量，乃至三千大千世界眾生緣覺於百千劫悉共計挍知其數者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中人天壽命無能限量——除其本願脩短自在——若不爾者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中人天乃至聞有不善名者，不取正覺。

Vows 9–16: Dharmakara vows that beings will have divine speed to visit all Buddha-lands in a single thought; that no one will cling to a sense of self; that all will be assured of reaching nirvana; that his light will be limitless; that his lifespan will be limitless; that his shravaka assembly will be beyond counting; that each being's lifespan will be immeasurable (save by their own wish); and that no evil name will ever be heard in that land.

shè wǒ dé fó … (Vows 17–24)

設我得佛，十方世界無量諸佛不悉咨嗟稱我名者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，十方眾生至心信樂欲生我國，乃至十念，若不生者，不取正覺，唯除五逆、誹謗正法。 設我得佛，十方眾生發菩提心修諸功德，至心發願欲生我國，臨壽終時，假令不與大眾圍遶現其人前者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，十方眾生聞我名號、係念我國，殖諸德本、至心迴向欲生我國，不果遂者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中人天不悉成滿三十二大人相者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，他方佛土諸菩薩眾來生我國，究竟必至一生補處——除其本願自在所化，為眾生故，被弘誓鎧，積累德本度脫一切；遊諸佛國修菩薩行，供養十方諸佛如來；開化恒沙無量眾生，使立無上正真之道；超出常倫諸地之行，現前修習普賢之德——若不爾者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中菩薩承佛神力供養諸佛，一食之頃不能遍至無量無數億那由他諸佛國者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中菩薩在諸佛前現其德本，諸所求欲供養之具若不如意者，不取正覺。

Vows 17–24: All Buddhas of the ten directions will praise Amitabha's name; anyone who sincerely aspires to be born in the Pure Land with even ten recitations will succeed (excepting the five grave offenses and slander of Dharma) — the 18th Vow, the most celebrated; Amitabha will appear at the deathbed of those who aspire to his land; those who hear his name and sincerely dedicate merit will attain rebirth; all beings in the Pure Land will possess the 32 marks of a great person; bodhisattvas from other lands will reach the stage of one more birth before Buddhahood; bodhisattvas will be able to supply offerings to all Buddhas in one mealtime.

shè wǒ dé fó … (Vows 25–32)

設我得佛，國中菩薩不能演說一切智者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中菩薩不得金剛那羅延身者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中人、天、一切萬物嚴淨光麗，形色殊特，窮微極妙，無能稱量。其諸眾生乃至逮得天眼，有能明了辨其名數者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中菩薩乃至少功德者，不能知見其道場樹無量光色高四百萬里者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中菩薩若受讀經法，諷誦持說而不得辯才智慧者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中菩薩智慧辯才若可限量者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國土清淨，皆悉照見十方一切無量無數不可思議諸佛世界，猶如明鏡覩其面像；若不爾者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，自地以上至于虛空，宮殿、樓觀、池流、華樹——國土所有一切萬物——皆以無量雜寶百千種香而共合成，嚴飾奇妙超諸人天，其香普薰十方世界，菩薩聞者皆修佛行；若不爾者，不取正覺。

Vows 25–32: All bodhisattvas will be able to expound omniscient wisdom; they will have the indestructible vajra body; all things in the Pure Land will be immeasurably glorious; even the least meritorious bodhisattva will behold the bodhi tree's measureless light; all who receive and study the Dharma will attain eloquence and wisdom; their wisdom will be limitless; the Pure Land itself will reflect all Buddha-worlds like a clear mirror; and all palaces, pools, and trees will be formed of countless jewels and fragrances, whose scent pervades the ten directions inspiring the bodhisattva path.

shè wǒ dé fó … (Vows 33–40)

設我得佛，十方無量不可思議諸佛世界眾生之類，蒙我光明觸其體者，身心柔軟超過人天；若不爾者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，十方無量不可思議諸佛世界眾生之類，聞我名字不得菩薩無生法忍、諸深總持者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，十方無量不可思議諸佛世界，其有女人聞我名字，歡喜信樂，發菩提心，厭惡女身，壽終之後復為女像者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，十方無量不可思議諸佛世界，諸菩薩眾聞我名字，壽終之後常修梵行至成佛道；若不爾者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，十方無量不可思議諸佛世界，諸天人民聞我名字，五體投地稽首作禮，歡喜信樂修菩薩行，諸天世人莫不致敬；若不爾者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中人天欲得衣服隨念即至，如佛所讚應法妙服自然在身；若有裁縫、染治、浣濯者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中人天所受快樂不如漏盡比丘者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中菩薩隨意欲見十方無量嚴淨佛土，應時如願，於寶樹中皆悉照見，猶如明鏡覩其面像；若不爾者，不取正覺。

Vows 33–40: Anyone throughout the ten directions touched by Amitabha's light will become gentle in body and mind; all who hear his name will attain the dharani of non-arising; any woman who sincerely aspires and resolves to be born there will not be reborn as a woman; bodhisattvas who hear his name will always practice brahmacharya; all who hear his name and pay homage will receive universal respect; clothing in the Pure Land will appear at the moment of wish; the bliss of beings there will exceed even that of the āsrava-free monks; and bodhisattvas will be able to see all Pure Lands in the jewel trees as in a mirror.

shè wǒ dé fó … (Vows 41–48)

設我得佛，他方國土諸菩薩眾聞我名字，至于得佛，諸根缺陋不具足者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，他方國土諸菩薩眾聞我名字，皆悉逮得清淨解脫三昧，住是三昧一發意頃，供養無量不可思議諸佛世尊而不失定意；若不爾者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，他方國土諸菩薩眾聞我名字，壽終之後生尊貴家；若不爾者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，他方國土諸菩薩眾聞我名字，歡喜踊躍，修菩薩行，具足德本；若不爾者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，他方國土諸菩薩眾聞我名字，皆悉逮得普等三昧，住是三昧至于成佛，常見無量不可思議一切如來；若不爾者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，國中菩薩隨其志願，所欲聞法自然得聞；若不爾者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，他方國土諸菩薩眾聞我名字，不即得至不退轉者，不取正覺。 設我得佛，他方國土諸菩薩眾聞我名字，不即得至第一、第二、第三法忍，於諸佛法不能即得不退轉者，不取正覺。

Vows 41–48: All bodhisattvas from other lands who hear Amitabha's name will be physically complete until they attain Buddhahood; they will attain the samadhi of pure liberation and be able to supply offerings to countless Buddhas without losing concentration; they will be reborn into noble families; they will rejoice and accumulate roots of virtue; they will attain the universally equal samadhi and perpetually behold all Tathagatas; they will hear whatever Dharma they wish; they will immediately reach the stage of non-retrogression; and they will attain the first, second, and third patient acceptances (dharma-tolerances) and be irreversible in the path to Buddhahood.