April 24

Apr 24, 2017
慧淨上人法語
念佛度亡

Secondly, we don’t know whether he has determined to be reborn in his present life, or whether he exclusively recites Amitabha’s name. However, if someone comes to tell him about this teaching, and assists him to recite at the time near the end of his life; if someone among these people sees Amitabha comes to receive him with the lotus altar; and if someone in his dream sees him being reborn in the Land of Bliss, then we can positively affirm that he has been reborn.

If someone smells a special scent or sees the light of Buddha, it is quite likely that he has attained rebirth because these signs indicate the arrival of the Buddha and sages of the Land of Bliss.
(continued tomorrow)

第二就是，他平生是否有決定往生，我們也不知道；是否有專念，我們也不知道。但是臨終的時候，有人來為他開示、為他助念，在那當中有人看到阿彌陀佛托著蓮花來接引他；或者有人夢到他往生極樂世界，這樣就能肯定他已往生。

若是聞到香味，看到佛光，這往往也證明說往生極樂世界的可能性很高，因為佛光、香味，就是佛或是極樂聖眾現前的現象。

Namo Amitabha!