Dec 8, 2018
Master Huijing’s Short Teachings on Taking Refuge in Amitabha
皈命彌陀
If our clothes are dirty, they become clean after they are washed. Things needs to be exposed to sunlight or they may become rotten. We must confess our wrongdoings in repentance in order to be purified. All karmic offenses are like frost and morning dew, they will be cleared by the sunlight of repentance. Thus it is said, “Just one word ( Remorse) can offset the biggest offense.”
Amitabha-recitation is repentance. If one can aspire to be reborn in Amitabha’s Pure Land, and exclusively recite Amitabha’s Name, it is fundamentally the same as taking refuge and expressing repentance. It can be regarded as “once taking refuge, forever taking refuge; once expressing repentance, forever expressing repentance.” Master Shandao says , “Every single name-recitation is to repent constantly.”
衣服若髒，清洗則淨；東西放久，要晒太陽，否則會發霉。罪過要發露懺悔，懺悔則清淨。眾罪如霜露，懺悔能消除，所謂「彌天罪過，當不得一個悔字」。
念佛即是懺悔，若願生彌陀淨土，專稱彌陀佛名，即是根本皈依、根本懺悔。可謂一皈永皈，一懺永懺。善導大師說：「念念稱名常懺悔」。
Namo Amituofo!
