Nov 20, 2018
Master Huijing’s Short Teachings about Deep Faith in Aptitude and Teaching
機法深信
Just as Master Honen says, Pure Land is a teaching of “returning to be a fool”, then we will rely on Amitabha’s power to be reborn in the Land of Bliss. It doesn’t matter whether we enter the meditative state of Samadhi or not, whether we have realized the sagely fruition or not, we have a common goal – aspire to be reborn in the Land of Bliss. Once we are reborn in the Land of Bliss, all are equal.
It doesn’t mean entering the meditative state of Samadhi is not good, or Bodhisattva practices is not good, but we must recognise we are of that kind of aptitude – deeply believe we are now iniquitous mortal ordinary being, and we have reincarnated for countless eons, thus it is impossible to leave the Three Domains through our own effort, so we have no alternative but just exclusively recite Amitabha’s name honestly and steadily, then we are ascertained to be reborn with recourse to Amitabha’s vow power.
我們就像法然上人所說的，所謂淨土法門就是「還愚痴」，然後靠彌陀的願力往生極樂世界。不管有入三昧、沒入三昧，有證果、沒證果，都還是求生極樂，一旦往生極樂，都平等平等。
這並不是說入三昧不好，菩薩的行為不好，而是要確認我們就是這種根機，深信自己現在就是罪惡生死凡夫，曠劫以來長時流轉，以自己的力量根本沒辦法出離三界，只有老老實實、踏踏實實的以我們這種根機來專稱彌陀名號，靠著彌陀的願力就必定往生。
Namo Amituofo!
