Sep 12, 2018
Master Huijing’s Dharma Words about the Infinite Life Sutra
《佛說無量壽經》
The 17th Vow stated in the Infinite Life Sutra says, “If, when I achieve Buddhahood, innumerable Buddhas in the land of the ten directions should not unanimously extol my Name, may I not attain perfect Enlightenment.”
Why does Amitabha allow the buddhas of the ten directions to extol him? Amitabha’s compassionate vow is unfathomable and boundless, so he vows to deliver all sentient beings of the ten directions. Because of this, Amitabha must motivate all buddhas of the ten direction in the great cosmos to extol and disseminate His teaching of deliverance through the 18th Vow, also allow this great message of enlightenment voiced out in the ten directions, and let the sound of the Pure Land—the six-character name—be heard throughout the entire cosmos.
《無量壽經》第十七願言：「設我得佛，十方世界，無量諸佛，不悉咨嗟，稱我名者，不取正覺。」
阿彌陀佛為什麼要讓十方諸佛來稱揚、讚歎祂呢？阿彌陀佛的悲願深廣無邊，要度盡十方眾生。為了救度盡十方遍法界的眾生，必須使大宇宙的十方諸佛通通來讚歎、稱揚、傳播阿彌陀佛第十八願的救度法門，使這個正覺大音，響流十方，使淨土之音的六字洪名聞遍整個大宇宙。
Namo Amitabha!
