Dec 12

Dec 12, 2017
慧淨上人法語
正依經典
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Nevertheless, “evidence by facts” is even more important than “evidence by sutras” and “evidence by commentaries”. For instance, in regard to the matter of assured rebirth in the Land of Bliss through Amitabha-recitation, we already have the  “evidence by sutras” and the “evidence by commentaries”. A question remains: Is there any people really reborn in the Land of Bliss? If there is none, it lacks of evidence by facts. How can people believe?

If there are factual evidences—i.e., there are people reborn in the Land of Bliss through Amitabha-recitation, and there are many of them since antiquity, at home and abroad, it can demonstrate that the factual evidences are sufficient to prove that the sutras and the commentaries are true with no mistake. Will this inspire us to strengthen our faith on a solid ground?

但是比文證、理證更重要的就是「事證」。比如說，念佛必定會往生極樂世界這件事，文證和理證都有了，但是不是有人真的往生到極樂世界了？如果都沒有，就缺乏事證，那要怎麼相信呢？

如果有事證，亦即有人念佛而往生極樂世界，而且往生極樂世界的人，自古以來國內國外都非常多，則顯示事證非常的充分，就更加證明文證、理證確實是真理無誤，對我們的信心豈不是很能夠紮實的啟發。

Namo Amitabha!