Jun 27, 2018
善導大師語錄
A text about “demarcation of two kinds of teachings—the Path of Importance and the Path of the Great Vow” (demarcation of teachings according to teachings of the school) in the Commentary on the Contemplation Sutra
善導大師語錄
A text about “demarcation of two kinds of teachings—the Path of Importance and the Path of the Great Vow” (demarcation of teachings according to teachings of the school) in the Commentary on the Contemplation Sutra
《觀經疏》「要弘二門判」（依宗判教）之文
The manifested master in the Land of Saha (i.e. Shakyamuni Buddha), in response to a request [by Queen Vaidehi], widely opened the Path of Importance in the Pure Land School; while the capable person in the Land of Peace and Joy (i.e. Amitabha Buddha) alternatively reveals and advocates the Path of Great Vow with his special intent.
The Path of Importance refers to two kinds of teachings—the meditative virtues and the non-meditative virtues, as expounded in the Contemplation Sutra. Meditative virtues means to still one’s anxiety by ceasing any thought, while non-meditative virtues means to eliminate evil and nurture goodness. Practitioners of this path dedicate the merit of these two kinds of virtues, and aspire to be reborn [in the Pure Land].
The Path of Great Vow is, as said in the Larger Sutra (The Infinite Life Sutra), “All good and evil ordinary beings who attain rebirth [in the Pure Land], without exception, ride on the karmic power of Amitabha’s Great Vow as an augmentative cause”.
娑婆化主，因其請故，即廣開淨土之要門；安樂能人，顯彰別意之弘願。
其「要門」者，即此《觀經》定散二門是也。定即息慮以凝心，散即廢惡以修善。迴斯二行，求願往生也。
言「弘願」者，如《大經》說：「一切善惡凡夫得生者，莫不皆乘阿彌陀佛大願業力為增上緣也。」
Namo Amitabha!
