Dec 29, 2017
慧淨上人法語
淨土信仰
慧淨上人法語
淨土信仰
All Pure Land practitioners should have a right understanding: The main cause of rebirth is “always exclusively recite Amitabha’s name”, and all others are not the main cause, not the practice specified in the Fundamental Vow, and hence not related to Amitabha’s Fundamental Vow. That is to say, as far as rebirth is concerned, apart from Amitabha-recitation, the roots of virtues and blessed merits of all other practices are too few [for attainment rebirth].
Having said that, it doesn’t means that a true Buddhist should not slight or look down upon the Six Paramitas with a myriad of virtues. We should do whatever we can do to fulfill our duties and responsibilities. We talk about here “abundant” or “few” virtues only in the context of discussion about the main cause and the unrelated causes of rebirth. Don’t confuse and mix up.
修淨土法門的人應該有正確的認識：往生的正因，就是「一向專稱彌陀佛名」，其他一切都不是正因，不是本願之行，跟阿彌陀佛的本願沒有關係。也就是說，對往生來講，除了念佛之外，其餘的行持都是少善根、少福德。
雖然是這樣，可是一個真正的念佛人不可能貶低或者是輕視六度萬行，而是就自己的身份以及職責所在，應該做的就去做。這裡只是就往生的因、非因，而論往生的多善跟少善，不宜混淆不清。
Namo Amitabha!
