Apr 9, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Faith in Pure Land Buddhism
淨土信仰
Ch’an practitioners seek ultimate wisdom, in order to understand the mind and see our nature. They always say: Amitabha is the self, and the Pure Land is mere consciousness. However, there is a huge difference between these comparisons.
Amitabha and his Pure Land are the rewards for his accumulated merits and virtues achieved through his meditative practices during 5 eons. Our consciousness, though understanding the mind and seeing its nature, has not yet passed through one or even a few eons. How can it be compared with Amitabha’s meditative practices in 5 eons?!
Nevertheless, if we simply recite Amitabha’s Name, and attain rebirth in his land, our light and life will be the same as Amitabha Buddha’s.
禪家極智慧而明心見性，常謂自性彌陀，唯心淨土；然與彌陀及其淨土相較， 何啻天淵。
以彌陀及其淨土，乃經五劫之思惟，永劫之熏積；吾人即雖明心見性，尚未三祇百劫，況乎五劫永劫之彌陀！
然若但念彌陀，往生其土，則光明壽命，同佛無異。
Namo Amituofo!
