Sep 21, 2018
Master Huijing’s Dharma Words about the Infinite Life Sutra
《佛說無量壽經》
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[Amitabha Buddha] wants the monastic to attain the fruition of immeasurable light and infinite life there [in the Land of Bliss], and also wants the householders to attain the same fruition as the monastic.
He wants good people to attain the fruition of immeasurable light and infinite life there [in the Land of Bliss], and also wants those who have committed many offenses under evil karmic circumstances to attain the same fruition as the good people. He extends this to those beings in the realm of animals, hungry ghosts and hell as well. Once they are reborn in the Land of Bliss, they will attain the same fruition of immeasurable light and the infinite life as those pure practitioners.
It is said that “The Buddha’s mind is equal to all”. For delivering sentient beings equally, and making sentient beings to attain the fruition of buddhahood equally, [Amitabha Buddha] is in his best endeavor to take such an extraordinarily long period of time to cogitate [his 48 vows].
要使出家眾到那裏得到無量光、無量壽的果位，也要使在家眾到了極樂世界，也同出家人一樣得到那種果位；要使善人到極樂世界得到無量光、無量壽的果位，也要使一生都遇到惡緣而造惡多端的眾生到了那裏，跟善人一樣證得無量光、無量壽的果位；甚至地獄、餓鬼、畜生道的眾生，到了極樂世界，也跟其他有修行的、清淨的眾生，同樣得無量光、無量壽的果位。
所謂「佛心平等」，為了平等救度眾生、平等使眾生證到佛果，所以必須費盡心血地考慮那麼久的時間。
Namo Amitabha!
