Apr 14, 2018
慧淨上人法語
佛法知見
慧淨上人法語
佛法知見
(Continued)
What is the reward (or stage of attainment) for a person who experientially enters into the perseverance of the no-birth dharma? It’s the seventh stage or above. In the Infinite Life Sutra, three kinds of perseverance are mentioned: sound and echo perseverance, perseverance in receptivity, and perseverance in the principle of no-birth. “Sound and echo perseverance” means experientially entering the stage upon hearing the sound of Dhramas, which is equivalent to the tenth stage. “Perseverance in receptivity” is settlement of mind, unmoved upon thinking about the truth of the absolute reality of all dharma, and upon receiving and following the truth one has experientially entered, which is equivalent to the stages of the Ten Benevolence. “Perseverance in the principle of no-birth” is equivalent to the seventh stage of bodhisattva.
一個證入無生法忍的人是到幾地的果位呢？是七地以上。在《無量壽經》中有談到三種法忍：音響忍、柔順忍、無生忍。所謂「音響忍」就是聽聞說法的音聲而證入果位，這種果位相當於十信的階位；「柔順忍」就是思惟諸法實相的真理，隨順證悟的真理，心安住不動，這相當於十賢的果位；「無生法忍」則是七地菩薩的果位。
Namo Amitabha!
