June 14

Jun 14, 2018
慧淨上人法語
佛法知見
(continued)

This idea is wrong. Let us think about the case: this person only came across this [Pure Land] teaching on his deathbed and he was reborn; he is said to have deep virtuous past karma. However, we have now encountered the teaching. How can it be shallow in term of virtuous past karma?

He did evil throughout his life, while we have already studied Buddhism and invoke the Buddha, and we have also refrained from evil deeds and practice good deeds with all due diligence in accordance with given conditions, responsibilities and capacity. It is therefore not logical to say that he has deep virtuous past karma and that we have shallow virtuous past karma. Such kind of conception is unwholesome, not a right understanding and right view.

這種觀念是錯誤的。大家想想看，這個人臨終才遇到這個法門，他往生了，說他是宿善深，那我們現在就遇到了，怎會是宿善淺呢？

他平生就做惡多端，而我們現在就已經學佛念佛，已經隨緣隨份隨力諸惡莫作、眾善奉行了，這樣說他宿善深而我們宿善淺，是不合乎邏輯的。這樣的見解就是惡見，不是正知正見。

Namo Amitabha!