Wednesday, March 22, 2017

March 22

Mar 22, 2017
念佛方法
Our daily activities involve walking, standing, sitting, and lying. When Master Shandao says, “to recite without forsaking”, he refers to recitation according to individual’s aptitude and conditions, disregarding whether one is walking, standing, sitting, or lying, no matter how much time or how long one has spent in reciting [the Name]. Just recite whenever and wherever one can.
As long as he knows that one should recite Amitabha’s name exclusively and single-mindedly without interruption, all of his practice will then focus on Amitabha-recitation, and his mood is always set for Amitabha-recitation. He will spend his time wholly in reciting this Name whenever he thinks of it.
每個人的行為都離不開行、住、坐、臥,善導大師說「念念不捨」,是表示每一個人只要依個自的「根機」去念佛,不管行住坐臥,多少時間,不問時節的久近,能夠念就儘量念。
只要知道一向專稱、一心專念彌陀名號,他所有的行持就都會念佛,也都是念佛的心情;所有的時間,只要想到,就會念這一句名號。
Namo Amitabha!