March 5

Mar 5, 2018
慧淨上人法語
淨土信仰

The purpose of revealing their eight forms (bodies) of perfect enlightenment by the Buddhas of the ten directions to sentient beings is to teach them the Dharma and, hence, deliver them. Without such a purpose, they will not reveal the various forms carelessly. The only teaching that can thoroughly deliver sentient beings of the ten directions is Amitabha Buddha’s teaching of deliverance– “If sentient beings of the ten directions should fail to be reborn there, may I not attain perfect enlightenment”. If the Buddhas of the ten directions abandoned this teaching, they could not deliver sentient beings universally; if the Buddhas of the ten directions disseminated this teaching, all sentient beings could be delivered universally.

十方諸佛示現八相成道，目的也是在於說法度生，若非說法度生，則不漫然示現。而能徹底廣度十方眾生之法，即是阿彌陀佛「十方眾生，若不生者，不取正覺」的救度法門。十方諸佛捨此法，則不能普救眾生；十方諸佛弘此法，則能普救眾生。

Namo Amitabha!