Apr 8, 2017
慧淨上人法語
專稱彌陀佛名
慧淨上人法語
專稱彌陀佛名
Nowadays, people promotes / advocates remembering Buddha, invoking Buddha, but these are not the same as name-recitation. They think Buddha has no shape, no sound, no language, no words and no symbol. However [in pristine Pure Land Buddhism], name-recitation is genuine Buddha-invocation; the genuine Buddha-invocation is the substance, and merits and virtues of Amitabha in this single Name.
However, we do not interpret like that [of remembering or invoking Buddha], because this single Name already contains all merits and virtues that Amitabha Buddha practices and achieves in his causal ground. Amitabha’s great vow power is already contained in this single Name. As long as we always exclusively recite Amitabha’s name, all merits and virtues of remembering Buddha is already there within the Name.
現在有人提倡憶佛、念佛，他們所講的憶佛念佛，不是稱念名號，他們認為佛沒有形象、聲音、語言、文字、符號，所以真正的念佛不是稱名念佛，真正的念佛是念佛的本身、念佛的功德。
可是我們不作這樣的解釋，因為這一句名號已涵蓋阿彌陀佛所有因地的修行以及果地的功德，阿彌陀佛的大願業力統統在這一句名號當中，我們只要一向專稱彌陀名號，所有憶念的功德統統在裡面了。
Namo Amitabha!
