作者：淨行居士 翻譯：淨土、淨普
 

I just wanted to share with you an experience that I had today. On my way to pick up my daughter at the horse stables where she rides, I was driving north on our local stretch of E18, a highway that runs from the south of Norway up to Oslo. Due to a recent bridge collapse, the highway closes and detours through a small town on the coast. Before the road closes, however, the speed limit is decreased and the normal two lanes are reduced to one by concrete barriers. This one lane then exits the highway directly onto the detour.

       我希望與大家分享我今天的經歷。我駕車沿着E18高速公路北行，接正在馬廐騎馬的女兒回家。此公路由挪威南部直上首都奧斯陸，但近日有一公路橋塌下來，公路封了，汽車必須改道沿海岸經一小鎮行走。臨近封路處放置混凝土路障，指示逐漸減慢車速，並由兩條綫收窄為一條綫，離開高速公路進入改道地方。

Having reduced my speed, I happened to glance in my rear-view mirror and, to my horror, saw an SUV attempting to pass me in the left lane at an incredible rate of speed. I was just about to enter the portion of road that narrows to one lane, and I understood immediately that the vehicle would not manage to pass me before colliding with the concrete barrier. The driver of the SUV, realizing this as well, began to merge into my lane. His rate of speed, however, meant that his lane change put him on a direct collision course with my vehicle.

       我減慢車速後，從後視鏡發覺一輛越野車，以難以置信的高速企圖在左綫超越我。驚恐的我當下明確意識到，這輛越野車是沒法超越我的，因我的車正進入收窄的單綫道上。越野車的司機亦意會到，並開始強行切入我的駕駛綫。但以其速度，換綫無疑會使越野車直接撞入我的汽車。

I braced for impact; I saw that the SUV was going to sideswipe me and force me off the road into the hillside. Though I had slowed my vehicle, I was still traveling at around 70 km/h, and the SUV was travelling significantly faster. The moment felt electric with catastrophe. Any collision would certainly result in death for one or both of us. Against what appeared to be an inevitable outcome, the SUV managed to execute the lane change and fall into place directly behind me without incident. The whole thing was surreal; it truly seemed as if the laws governing three-dimensional space had been momentarily altered. I was badly shaken, but otherwise unhurt. Inexplicably, our vehicles never so much as touched.

       我作好被撞擊的準備。預料越野車在旁橫掃過來，迫使我的車駛離道路到山邊去。雖說我已減慢車速，時速仍有70公里左右：越野車的車速更快得驚人。我感到悲劇在瞬間來臨了！任何碰撞將會導致其中一人，或兩個人死亡。可是，一個違反了無可避免的災難之現象卻發生在我眼前。這輛越野車竟成功地切綫，並突然間緊隨着我，沒有發生任何意外。整件事是超現實；似乎三度空間的法則轉瞬間改變了！我嚇得顫抖起來，卻得幸沒有受傷。令人難以理解的是，彼此的車輛從沒有接觸過。

What stands out in my mind is that I had been practicing Amitabha-recitation just prior to this. I drive deliveries for a living, and one of the advantages of this line of work is that it gives me the time and solitude needed to recite the name of Amitabha. Thus, I have long made it a habit to practice nianfo whenever I am driving somewhere alone. Today was no exception. While I understand that this near-disaster was the flowering of some of my past evil karma, I have no doubt that my practice of Amitabha-recitation saved me from certain injury or death. Because of the intimacy with Amitabha that single-minded, exclusive recitation promotes, I was able to return home to my family.

       當時我想起來，發生此事之前，我正在念佛。我以駕車送貨為生，此工作使我有時間獨個兒念佛，是優勝之處。久而久之，養成念佛的習慣。不管何時往何地都念佛，今天亦不例外。我明白今天所遇的近似災難，是往昔惡業之報，但我毫不懷疑念佛的行持救了我，免難乃至身亡。我一心專念佛名，使我與阿彌陀佛有親緣，我才可以回到家中，與家人相聚。

I've known from the testimony of others that the effects of exclusive Amitabha recitation are profound and often mysterious. Today, I know it firsthand. I share this with you in the hopes that it will be passed along and help to strengthen the faith of fellow practitioners.

       曾得知他人的念佛感應，感到玄妙和神奇。今天，我親身體驗了。我與大家分享，希望能將此事傳開去，幫助各位蓮友增強信心。

       29 March, 2015