Oct 13, 2018
Master Huijing’s Dharma Words about Faith in Pure Land
淨土信仰
“Transcendental Vow” means the compassionate vow that transcend all Buddhas of the ten directions in the three periods of time. It also means, with recourse to Amitabha’s inconceivable vow power, all those sentient beings of the ten directions who are not likely to be delivered and to be reborn in the Pure Land can attain rebirth, without changing the original shape of iniquitous beings in the world of Five Defilements in terms of gender and blessings. Thus, Amitabha’s Fundamental Vow is called “transcendental compassionate vow”, and the path is called “transcendental straight path”.
Since Amitabha Buddha made this transcendental vow “sentient beings of the ten directions [recite my name] even ten times; should not be born there, may I not attain perfect Enlightenment” in his causal ground, and since he accomplished this unprecedented vow, this Buddha is called “Namo Amitabha Buddha”.
「超世願」即是超越十方三世諸佛的悲願，亦即不改變男女、善惡等十方眾生、五濁凡愚之本形，以彌陀本願力之不思議，使不能救度的人被救，不能往生的人往生；故彌陀本願名為「超世悲願」，此道亦名為「超世直道」。
由於彌陀在因地時發起「十方眾生，乃至十念，若不生者，不取正覺」的「超世願」，也由於完成了這空前絕後的超世願，故此佛名為「南無阿彌陀佛」。
Namo amituofo!
