Jan 7, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Infinite Life Sutra
《佛說無量壽經》
The 19th Vow is a vow that Amitabha Buddha includes to induce practitioners on the Sagely Path to the Pure Land Path. The 20th Vow is a vow that Amitabha Buddha includes to induce those practitioners who rely on “self-power” to accept his “Other-power”, as stated in the 18th Vow.
Those who rely on the 19th Vow, deeply feel the difficulty of practicing the Sagely Path in this land; so, they dedicate all of their virtues and a myriad of practices toward rebirth in the Pure Land. They do this because miscellaneous practices have their own individual causes and effects. If they are not dedicated, they cannot become the causes of rebirth in the Pure Land. If they are dedicated, the practitioners need not change these virtues because they naturally comply, in accordance with the 19th Vow, and become the cause for rebirth.
第十九願是阿彌陀佛誘引聖道門諸機進入淨土門之願，而二十願是誘引淨土門 自力根機進入他力十八願之願。
亦即十九願是聖道門之行人由於深感此土入聖的艱難，乃將其所修萬行諸善迴 向作為往生淨土之行；萬行諸善各有其因果，若不迴向即不成為往生淨土之因 ，若用迴向則不改變萬行諸善自然成為十九願之內容。
Namo Amituofo!
