March 31

Mar 31, 2017

慧淨上人法語
本願稱名

The Land of Bliss is a Pure Land of unconditioned nirvana, a reward of Bodhisattva Dharmakara in his fulfillment of 48 vows in causal ground. It is also accomplished through the accumulation of his boundless virtuous bodhisattva practices in countless eons. The causal conditions and the merits of various virtuous practices possessed by all ordinary beings, even the sagely practitioners of the Three Vehicles cannot enable us to be reborn there. The only cause of rebirth is name-recitation in accordance with the Fundamental Vow, because this single name consists of boundless, immeasurable and inconceivable merits and virtues.

極樂世界是酬報法藏菩薩因地四十八大願，以及兆載永劫積植菩薩的無量德行而成就的無為涅槃的淨土，以我們一切凡夫乃至三乘的聖者所擁有的諸善的功德、因緣，是不能夠往生。只可以以阿彌陀佛這一句無量無邊不可思議的功德名號，本願稱名念佛，以這一個因才能夠往生。

Namo Amitabha!