By Master Huijing; English translation by Jingtu
No matter what, Amitabha’s Fundamental Vow
Is like diamond, never changing.
No matter what, Amitabha thinks of me
Like a mother remembers her child, never abandoning it.
No matter what, Amitabha is with me
Every moment, never letting me go.
No matter what, sinful sentient beings
Need Amitabha and the deliverance of his Fundamental Vow.
No matter how contaminated and impure,
False and hypocritical are sentient beings,
Amitabha’s deliverance never changes.
No matter how sentient beings desire and detest,
Are deluded and vicious,
Amitabha’s deliverance never changes.
No matter how deep beings’ offenses and heavy their afflictions,
However intense their sufferings,
Amitabha’s deliverance never changes.
No matter how beings commit the Five Gravest Offenses,
Or slander the Dharma and lack self-cultivation,
Amitabha’s deliverance never changes.
Because the Fundamental Vow exists, our minds are at ease,
Hope arises and people turn virtuous.
Because no matter what, no matter what,
Amitabha Buddha’s deliverance is certain,
Amitabha Buddha’s deliverance is certain.