Amitabha: Mrs. Grande_Vijay
阿弥陀佛：格兰得夫人＿维杰　勒布兰
92×72cm New York Metropolitan Museum
92×72厘米　纽约大都会博物馆

　　Those, who have not led the holy life, and have not obtained wealth while young, ponder just like old herons in the lake without fish.

　　Those, who have not led the holy life, and have not obtained wealth while young, lie just like arrows shot from a bow, moaning over the past.

阿弥陀佛新说法句经_60

　　少壮不得财，并不修梵行，如池边老鹭，无鱼而萎灭。

　　少壮不得财，并不修梵行，卧如破折弓，悲叹于过去。

　　他们少壮时不修梵行，也不赚取财富；他们沮丧地浪费了生命，如同在无鱼的干池里的老鹭。

　　他们少壮时不修梵行，也不赚取财富；如已损坏的弓般无助地躺着，悲叹着种种的过去。

Amitabha: Kanagawa surfing in Figure_Katsushika Hokusai
阿弥陀佛：神奈川冲浪图＿葛饰北斋
Edo period(Early 19th century)
江户时代（19世纪前期）

　　The person without learning grows old like an ox. His flesh grows; his wisdom does not.

　　Through many rounds of rebirth have I ran, looking for the house-builder, but not finding him. Painful is repeated rebirth.

　　Oh, house-builder, you are seen! You will not build this house again! All your ribs are broken; the roof is destroyed. My mind is dissolute; I have attained the end of all cravings.

阿弥陀佛新说法句经_59

　　寡闻之愚人，生长如牡牛，唯增长筋肉，而不增智慧。

　　经多生轮回，寻求造屋者，但未得见之，痛苦再再生。

　　已见造屋者！不再造于屋。椽桷皆毁坏，栋梁亦摧折。我既证无为，一切爱尽灭。

　　这少闻之人如牡牛般长大，只增长肌肉，不增长智慧。

　　多世以来我在娑婆世界里漂流，找却找不到造屋者。生而复生的确真苦。

　　噢，造屋者，我看到你了。你将无法再造屋。你的柱子都断了，你的栋梁都毁了。我心已证得无为，已灭尽渴爱。屋子是身体；造屋者是渴爱。无为即是涅槃：灭尽渴爱即已证得阿罗汉果。

Amitabha: Nameless Woman_Kramskoy
阿弥陀佛：无名女郎＿克拉姆斯科伊
1883years 75.5×99cm Tretyakov Gallery
1883年 75.5×99厘米　特列恰科夫画廊

　　There is a city made of bones, plastered with flesh and blood, where there are deposited old age, death, conceit and hypocrisy.

　　Beautiful king's chariots wear out. And also the body gets old. But the teaching of the good ones does not get old. The good ones teach it to each other.

阿弥陀佛新说法句经_58

　　此城骨所建，涂以血与肉，储藏老与死，及慢并虚伪。

　　盛饰王车亦必朽，此身老迈当亦尔。唯善人法不老朽，善人传示于善人。

　　此城身以骨建成，再以血肉包装；内里藏着老、死、我慢与虚伪。

　　装饰得华丽的皇家马车亦终须损坏，人体也是一样会变得衰老，然而善人之法不会老化。众善人如此互相说示。

Amitabha: Piper of juvenile_Manet
阿弥陀佛：吹笛少年＿马奈
1866years 160×98cm
1866年 160×98厘米

　　Decayed is this body, a frail nest of diseases. This foul mass breaks up. Indeed, the life ends in death.

　　Those gray bones, thrown away like pumpkins in fall. Seeing them, what love can there be?

阿弥陀佛新说法句经_57

　　此衰老形骸，病薮而易坏；朽聚必毁灭，有生终归死。

　　犹如葫卢瓜，散弃于秋季，骸骨如鸽色，观此何可乐。

　　这身体随着年纪衰老，它是一窠的疾病，易坏的。当这恶臭的污秽体分解时，生命真的结束于死亡。

　　这些灰白的骨头就像在秋天里被丢弃的葫芦一般，见到它们又有什么可喜的呢？