Mar 7, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Faith in Pure Land Buddhism
淨土信仰
We can’t see with our eyes when there is no light. We also can’t see, even with light, if we have no vision. Amitabha-recitation can free us from the binding of karma in the Three Domains, far better than the merits and virtues produced through the practices of the Five Precepts, the Ten Wholesome Deeds, the Four Dhyanas and the Eight Kinds of Meditation.
So, Amitabha-recitation can be regarded as the eyes of human and celestial beings. If we don’t recite Amitabha’s Name, we have no human or celestial eyes, and cannot see the wonderful way of renunciation of the Three Domains.
有眼無燈不見，有燈無眼不視，念佛能脫三界業繫，功德遠勝五戒十善四禪八 定，故念佛是人天眼目；若不念佛，則人天如盲，不見出離之妙道。
Namo Amituofo!
