Jan 28, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Faith in Pure Land
淨土信仰
The Pure Land teaching is very easy to practice. Because it is easy, it is splendid. In what way is it splendid?
It enables us to have the benefit of becoming a Buddha without undergoing any level or grade ( in Bodhisattva practices), or taking one or two eons to achieve it. It is not necessary to go through the 1st ground, 2nd ground, or 3rd ground, as it is transcendental in time and [Bodhisattva’s] ground. If it were not like that, it could not be said to be “expediting”.
Just as Bodhisattva Vasubandhu says, “It can expedite our full satisfaction , with a great treasure ocean of merits and virtues.”
淨土法門非常易行,易行的本身又是殊勝的,殊勝在哪裡?
在於能讓我們獲得成佛的利益,而且不須經過品位階級,不必經過一劫二劫,也不必經過一地、二地、三地,而是超劫超地,如果不是這樣就不是「速」。
所以天親菩薩說「能令速滿足,功德大寶海。」
Namo Amituofo!