Oct 21

Oct 21, 2017
慧淨上人法語
專稱彌陀佛名

The experience of "one thought" have a common points: to realize that the great compassionate deliverance of Amitabha is readily available, in despite of time, place and people. The deliverance exists at any time in any place, and under any circumstance. Just aspire to be reborn by reciting Amitabha’s name [as long as one can]—up to the rest of one’s life or down to even one thought, anyone can be saved and delivered for rebirth.

Nevertheless, the experience of “one thought” is difficult to attain, and it won’t suit the aptitude of sentient beings in the ten directions. “Even ten times of name-recitation” is easier. It matches with the principle of Amitabha’s Fundamental Vow, and it aligns with the aptitude of sentient beings in the ten directions. Furthermore, after your experience of “one thought”—unless you are close to death and your mind is unchanged and uninterrupted—your mind of aspiration to be reborn may relapse, and once your recitation stops, you are no longer aligns with Amitabha’s Fundamental Vow, and your rebirth is uncertain.

With this respect, all those who aspire to be reborn in the Pure Land should take the easy way and discard the difficult one, follow the Fundamental Vow, and exclusively recite Amitabha’s name. Although not having the experience of “one thought” , we can also be reborn in Amitabha’s reward land. It truly accommodates people of all three roots of virtues, including both the sharp and the dull in aptitude. Everyone can do it, and their merits and virtues are equal.

(continued tomorrow)

一念的體驗都有一個共同點，就是體悟到彌陀的大悲救度是現成的，不論何時，不論何處，不論何人；隨時存在，隨地存在，隨機救度；只要願生稱名，上盡一形，下至一念，任何之人都能被救往生。

然而，一念的體驗困難，也不契十方眾生之機；「乃至十念」的稱名容易，既契彌陀本願之理，也契十方眾生之機。況且一念體驗之後，除非已「無後心、無間心」之臨終人，否則往後若退願生之心，而又不念彌陀之名，即非彌陀本願，往生不定。

既然如此，則凡願生淨土之人，捨難取易，隨順本願，專念佛名，雖無一念的體驗，也必往生彌陀之報土；真正三根普被，利鈍全收，人人都能，而且功德平等。

Namo Amitabha!