Sept 14

Sep 14, 2017
慧淨上人法語
淨土宗宗風真諦

Our tenets and traditions can be divided into two sections: the ultimate (or absolute) truth and the worldly truth, which is respectively the way of attaining rebirth and the way of life.

Attainment of rebirth can be achieved by exclusively recite Amitabha’s name, while the way of life, including parental kindness and filial piety, fraternal brotherhood, the three cardinal guides (sovereign guides his subjects, father guides his son, and husband guides his wife), the five cardinal human relationships (bonds between father and son, obligations between sovereign and subjects, roles of husband and wife, order of the siblings, and trust between friends) , the four moral standards (in ancient times: courtesy, justice, honest and upright, and shame), and the eight virtues (loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, love, sincerity, justice, harmony, and gentleness), should be observed if they are still valid (in modern time). Nevertheless, these worldly guides should not be regarded as having the function of rebirth, or the necessary conditions for rebirth.

我們的宗風，分為真諦、俗諦──往生之道跟處世之道。往生之道就是專一稱名；處世之道，包括父慈子孝、兄友弟恭、三綱五倫、四維八德，該遵守的就要遵守，但不以這些做為往生的功能、往生的必要條件。

Namo Amitabha!