July 30 2017

Jul 30, 2017
慧淨上人法語
信受彌陀救度

Some Amitabha-reciters who lack the knowledge in fundamental teachings do not feel at ease, even though they practice exclusive Amitabha-recitation. They have worries that although their body is healthy and their mind is sound for the time being, when they come near to the end-of-life, they may suffer from serious illness and unable to recite Amitabha’s name in voice, or even go into a coma and is not conscious of Amitabha recitation. They may also suddenly come across an aviation accident, marine perils, a vehicle traffic collision, or earthquake, flooding, fire, hurricane, and other natural disasters. In such unforeseen calamities, they are unable to recite Amitabha’s name before instant dying. They feel uncertain whether they can be reborn [in the Land of Bliss] in such situations.

These worries are really unnecessary. If they do worry, it indicates that they have little cognizance of the sutra-based evidences, commentary-based evidences, and account-based evidences.

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有些缺乏教理基礎的念佛人，雖然專修念佛，但心中依然忐忑不安，憂慮現在雖然身體健康，精神明利，但若臨命終，病苦纏身，念不出佛，甚至昏迷，不知念佛，乃至突然遭遇空難、海難、車難、地難、水難、火難、風難等天災地變，不測之禍，未能念佛而當下去世，不知能否往生？

其實這是不必要的憂慮，有這憂慮，顯示他對淨土宗的教證、理證、事證，還沒有基本性的認知。

Namo Amitabha!