April 18

Apr 18, 2017
慧淨上人法語
信受彌陀救度

With respect to the Pure Land teaching, the cause of birth-and-death and nirvana is determined by doubt or faith, not delusion or enlightenment. Those who have faith will be reborn, and those who have doubt will not.

Just like a patient, if he entrusts himself to the doctor’s advice (faith), and takes the prescribed medication (Amitabha-recitation), he will be cured as expected. However, if he doesn’t believe the doctor’s words and doesn’t take the medication, he will eventually lose his life.

Although serious illness is the cause, not taking medication eventually ends his life. Our serious illness in afflictions cannot be healed on its own. We must take the Agada medicine—the six-character great name that accomplished by Amitabha Buddha in his Fundamental Vow. It cures not only our diseases, but also makes our life infinite, our body and mind healthy and stable, free and relaxed with the six paranormal powers.

以淨土門而言，生死、涅槃之因決定在疑或信， 不在迷或悟；信者得生，疑者不生。
猶如病人，信醫生之言（信心），飲服其藥（念佛），則病自癒；然而不信其言，不服其藥，以致死亡。
雖死因在於病重，但因不服藥而終致死亡。吾等煩惱病重，不能自癒，唯有服彌陀本願所成之阿伽陀藥的六字洪名，不但萬病皆癒，且得無量壽命，身心安穩，六通自在。

Namo Amitabha!