May 29

May 29, 2017
慧淨上人法語
念佛方法
(continued)

The so-called Mani pearl is an auspicious pearl that can bring about gold or sliver as you wish. Therefore, if you have two, one hundred, or two hundred Mani pearls, it will yield the same amount of gold or silver. You will not gain more if you have one pearl more; you will not lose anything if you have one less.

It is not to say, if you have two pearls, more will be brought about; if you have just one, less will be brought about. It is because Amitabha-recitation transcends the meditative and non-meditative practices; it also transcends the number of recitation (a few or a lot). Every single recitation suffices inconceivable, non-depictive and unnamed “unsurpassed merits and virtues”.

所謂「如意珠」，就是有一顆如意，你要吐黃金就是黃金，吐白銀就是白銀，你有兩顆如意、或是一百顆如意，或是兩百顆如意，多一顆並沒有增加，少一顆並沒有減少，因為只要有一顆，他就能夠吐了。

並不是說有兩顆就吐得多，一顆就吐得少。因為念佛本身是超越定善、散善，也超越多念、一念，每一念每一念都是具足不可稱、不可說、不可思議的無上功德的。

Namo Amitabha!