Mar 14, 2018
慧淨上人法語
機法深信
慧淨上人法語
機法深信
The first kind of determinant deep faith: We are iniquitous ordinary beings subject to endless rebirth. Since time immemorial, we have died and been reincarnated, without any causal conditions to leave the cycle of rebirth.
The second kind of determinant deep faith: Amitabha Buddha embraces and receives all sentient beings with his 48 vows. Without doubt or anxiety, we are assured of rebirth [in the Pure Land] by recourse to the power of his vows.
This passage is known as “two kinds of deep faith”, shown in the fourth chapter of the Commentary on the Contemplation Sutra in the exegesis of the Deep Mind. Deep Mind means the Mind of Deep Faith.
This passage distinguishes two kinds of deep faith: “aptitude” and “teaching” – aptitude refers to ordinary beings, and teaching refers to Amitabha Buddha.
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一者決定深信：自身現是罪惡生死凡夫，曠劫以來，常沒常流轉，無有出離之緣。
二者決定深信：彼阿彌陀佛四十八願，攝受眾生，無疑無慮，乘彼願力，定得往生。
此文名為「二種深信」之文，列在《觀經四帖疏》第四卷〈散善義〉之「深心釋」，「深心」即是「深信之心」。
二者決定深信：彼阿彌陀佛四十八願，攝受眾生，無疑無慮，乘彼願力，定得往生。
此文名為「二種深信」之文，列在《觀經四帖疏》第四卷〈散善義〉之「深心釋」，「深心」即是「深信之心」。
此文顯明「機法二種深信」，機指凡夫，法指彌陀。
Namo Amitabha!
