Sep 29, 2018
Master Huijing’s Dharma Words about Deep Faith in Aptitude and Teaching
機法深信
Generally, Buddhists find themselves to be high in aptitude and capacity, so they learn Ch’an Buddhism, and Tantric Buddhism, or drill on the doctrines of Buddhism, hoping that they can seek emancipation through their own effort. However, if they don’t practically experience, they cannot gain a bit wisdom; or if they don’t go through the process, they don’t know the difficulties.
So, usually they must go around a big circle, after they are earnest in resolving the matter of birth-and-death, or they are serious about liberation from reincarnation, or they encounter catastrophes or serious illness, they will retrospect and review what they learn in the present life, and then they find they cannot resist [the karmic force of] birth-and-death?
If they die now, can they liberate from the cycle of birth-and-death, and leave reincarnation within the Six Realms? Or, are they still frustrated and lack of confidence [to be liberated]? If they have heard of the teaching of Amitabha-recitation, the ‘seed’ will emerge from their mind and they will recite Amitabha’s Name and rely on the Buddha. The Buddha will let them to rely on.
一般學佛的人都自認根器很高，是學禪、學密或研究教理的根器，想靠自己的力量來尋求解脫，但是所謂「不經一事，不長一智」、「事非經過不知難」，必須繞了一大圈之後，自己遇到災難了，或者生重病了，如果生死心切，對生死輪迴看得很重要，他就會回過頭來反省自己平生所學的能抵得了生死嗎？
如果現在死的話，從此就可解脫生死，脫離六道輪迴嗎？還是心中茫然沒有把握？如果他以前聽聞過念佛的道理，這時種子就會浮現，就會念佛、靠佛，佛會讓他有所依靠。
Namo Amitabha!
