Aug 4

Aug 4, 2017
慧淨上人法語
凡夫入報

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Sentient beings’ mind is mixed with poisons, and their practices are conditioned and unreal; only Amitabha’s mind is pure, and his practices are real. So, only the power of Amitabha’s Fundamental Vow is taken into account, not the power of ordinary beings’ practices. Don’t take qualification of the sentient beings as a criteria for making judgment on whether rebirth is attained, but do ask whether one believes in Amitabha’s Fundamental Vow. Those who believe will be reborn; those who doubt will not.

In brief, the teaching of the Fundamental Vow targets mainly ordinary beings. If they believe in “other-power” and practice accordingly, they will be reborn in the rewarded land. In other words, those who are extremely stupid in the lowest class [without alternative choice], following the extremely virtuous and foremost teaching, are reborn in the extremely high and most splendid land.

蓋眾生皆是雜毒之心，虛假之行；唯有彌陀是清淨之心，真實之行。因此，不論眾生修行之力，只論彌陀本願之力。不可依眾生的資格論生不生， 應該就彌陀之本願問信不信。信者得生，疑者不生。

總之，本願法門是凡夫正機，他力信行，報土往生。亦即極愚最下之人，依極善最上之法，生極高最妙之土。

Namo Amitabha!