“蓮池海會(huì),彌陀如來(lái),觀音勢(shì)至坐蓮臺(tái),接引上金階,大誓弘開(kāi),普愿離塵埃。南無(wú)蓮池海會(huì)菩薩摩訶薩,南無(wú)蓮池海會(huì)菩薩摩訶薩,南無(wú)蓮池海會(huì)菩薩摩訶薩!”
這是佛教凈土宗弟子在誦凈土三經(jīng)《佛說(shuō)阿彌陀經(jīng)》、《佛說(shuō)大乘無(wú)量壽莊嚴(yán)清凈平等覺(jué)經(jīng)》及《觀無(wú)量壽佛經(jīng)》經(jīng)文之前誦念的贊偈,而此三經(jīng)正是對(duì)西方極樂(lè)凈土亦即“蓮池海會(huì)”的詳細(xì)描述。今人若發(fā)愿前往,發(fā)菩提心一向?qū)D?mdash;—阿彌陀佛,必與諸上善人俱會(huì)一處,是為蓮池海會(huì)的根本含義