May 28

May 28, 2018
慧淨上人法語
淨土信仰

Only by bringing people out of the cycle of birth-and-death can this be called the great kindness and compassion. We guide others to take refuge to the Three Gems, and uphold the Five Precepts. Although this can be regarded as a wholesome karma that allow them in future to be reborn as human, or ascend to heaven, which surpasses other worldly teachings, it is still not ultimate. Only a teaching that will surely allow practitioners to leave the cycle of birth-and-death, or even attain Buddhahood can be called the teaching of great compassion and great wisdom.

唯有使人能脫離生死輪迴，這才叫大慈悲。我們引導他人三皈依、受持五戒，這雖然是善業，使他將來可以做人，或者升天，此種法門當然超過世間的法門，但是還不究竟；必須使他了脫生死，甚至使他成佛，這樣才是大慈悲、大智慧的法門。

Namo Amitabha!