April 19

Apr 19, 2017
慧淨上人法語
專稱彌陀佛名

If we ordinary beings do not exclusively recite Amitabha’s name, but pursue the proficiency in “invoking and recollecting” the Buddha, the merits and virtues that we can attain will be as little as a drop of water in the ocean.

It is because the Buddha’s realm is out of our imagination, not to mention invocation and recollection. Amitabha Buddha takes five eons to meditate the 48 vows, and countless eons to cultivate and accumulate immeasurable merits and virtues, and what method can we use to recollect him?

Amitabha’s compassion is unfathomable, and what method can we use to recollect him? So, we should always recite Amitabha’s name in order to cover all Amitabha’s immeasurable and infinite inconceivable merits and virtues.

如果我們凡夫不專稱彌陀佛名，而去做憶念佛的功夫，所憶念的功德，頂多是大海中的一滴而已。

因為佛的境界我們怎麼有辦法去想像，甚至憶佛念佛呢？阿彌陀佛五劫思惟的四十八願、兆載永劫的修行、積植無量德本，我們怎麼有辦法去憶呢？

阿彌陀佛不可思議的深廣慈悲，我們怎麼有辦法憶得來呢？所以我們以一向稱名來涵蓋阿彌陀佛不可思議無量無邊的功德。

Namo Amitabha!