April 21

Apr 21, 2018
淨土信仰

Buddhism is a religion of kindness and compassion. We can say that should kindness and compassion be absent, Buddhism does not exist. However, if the kindness and compassion is really perfectly achieved, where will it be embodied in?

It is embodied in the Pure Land teachings. That is why one can say that the Pure Land school is the sect of Buddhism where sentient beings are universally delivered. If there is no Pure Land sect that teaches exclusive recitation of Amitabha’s name and the deliverance of Amitabha, the Buddhist teachings about the “great kindness and great compassion” and the “universal deliverance of sentient beings” is just an empty talk.

佛教是講慈悲的宗教，可說若無慈悲，即無佛教。但，真正要圓滿達到慈悲，體現在哪裡呢？

體現在淨土法門，所以說淨土法門是佛教普度眾生之所在。如果沒有專稱彌陀佛名、蒙受彌陀救度的淨土宗的話，佛教所講的「大慈大悲」「普度眾生」將成為戲論。

Namo Amitabha!