The three nidānas or links with the Buddha resulting from calling upon him, a term of the Pure Land sect: (a) 親緣 that he hears those who call his name, sees their worship, knows their hearts and is one with them; (b) 近緣 that he shows himself to those who desire to see him; (c) 增上緣 that at every invocation aeons of sin are blotted out, and he and his sacred host receive such a disciple at death.
又作攝取三緣。乃指親緣、近緣、增上緣，即念佛之行者被阿彌陀佛光明所攝之緣由，共有三種。此語係出自善導之觀經疏定善義卷三。(一)親緣，行者口稱名號，身禮敬佛，心默念佛，而佛聞其稱名，見其禮佛，知其念佛。如此行者與佛互相憶念，兩者具有密不可分之關係。(二)近緣，行者欲見佛時，佛即應行者而親近其身。(三)增上緣，行者稱念名號，念念除去罪障，臨命終時，聖眾來迎，不為業障所繫縛，必定往生。此外，又指慈悲之緣，即：眾生緣、法緣、無緣緣。（參閱「慈悲」5805）
三縁 Three kinds of causes (or conditions) (tri-saṃgati-pratyaya). (1) The causes of finishing life 終生, the causes of severing affliction 斷惑 and the causes of receiving birth 受生. (2) Evil teachers, evil doctrines and evil thoughts. (3) According to Shandao 善導, three kinds of virtuous causes produced by the practice of nien-fo : (a) intimate causes 親縁, wherein the practitioners attain intimacy with Amitābha by chanting his name, being mindful of him, paying respect to him; (b) causes of closeness 近縁, wherein pracitioners make the Buddha respond by desiring to meet him; (c) enhanced causes 増上縁, wherein, due to the chanting the Buddha's name, practitioners have their crimes erased and attain an improved rebirth.
淨土宗說念佛能產生三種的緣，即親緣、近緣、增上緣。親緣是眾生的口常念佛名，佛立刻聽到，身常禮敬佛，佛立刻看到，心常念佛，佛立刻知道，此情形顯示念佛人的三業已經跟佛的三業相應不離了；近緣是眾生如想見佛，佛立刻應念而出現在他的面前；增上緣是眾生稱念佛，念念都能夠消除無量劫以來的罪業，當命終的時候，佛就來迎接他往生西方。
三緣──湯泉三緣===﹝出稽古略﹞
中天竺國王名迦勝，問婆舍斯多尊者曰：此苑有泉，熱不可探，未知何緣所致？願為決之。尊者曰：此為湯泉，有三緣所致。
〔一、神業〕，謂神不守其道，妄作禍福，以取饗祀，惡業貫盈，使其煎灼此泉，以償濫祭。
〔二、鬼業〕，謂鬼方出罪所，遊於人間，以餘業力，煎灼此泉，以償宿債。
〔三、熱石〕，謂熱石其色如金，其性常炎，故其出泉如湯。
（名數）淨土門所立，說念佛有三緣之功力：一、親緣，眾生起行口常稱佛名，佛即聞之，身常禮敬佛，佛即見之，心常念佛佛即知之，謂眾生之三業與佛之三業不相捨離也。二、近緣，眾生願見佛，佛即應念而現至目前也。三、增上緣，眾生稱念佛，則念念除多劫之罪，命終之時，佛聖眾皆來迎，不為諸邪業所繫。見觀經定善義。
謂伊沙阤羅山，樹提阤羅山，二山中間，有水，廣二萬由旬，其水生諸雜華，互相照觸，日光為之生冷。
OUR SPONSORS
RELATED ORGANIZATIONS
