June 21

Jun 21, 2017
慧淨上人法語
專稱彌陀佛名
(continued)

According to the explanation of Master Shandao, practitioners of the high tier are not superior, and practitioners of the low tier are not inferior; and all are entitled for rebirth. It is truly a teaching that covers all three tiers, and will receive both people with sharp root as well as the slow-witted. It is what Master Ouyi says, “those of the highest level in the high tier cannot exceed its boundary, and those of the lowest level in the low tier are able to reach its region.”

So, the intention of [introduction of] the three tiers is mainly to guide us back to exclusive recitation of Amitabha Budda’s name.

如果是根據善導大師的解釋，上輩根機不會憍慢，下輩根機不會卑劣，人人有份，真的是三根普被，利鈍全收，也就是藕益大師所講的：「上上根莫能踰其閫，下下根亦能臻其域。」

所以三輩的用意，主要在導歸一向專稱彌陀佛名。

Namo Amitabha!