May 15, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Faith in Pure Land Buddhism
淨土信仰
Accomplishing the Fundamental Vow, Amitabha Buddha completes three things: first - accomplishing Namo Amitabha Buddha (Amitabha’s Name that we can recite), second - accomplishing the Land of Bliss, to which we can go ; third – accomplishing the merits and virtues, the functional power, and credentials necessary for delivering us to be reborn in the Land of Bliss.
So, accomplishing the Fundamental Vow accomplished three things: the Buddha body (the direct reward), the Land of Bliss (the circumstantial reward), and the merit and virtues (necessary for our rebirth).
阿彌陀佛本願成就,成就了三件事情:第一,成就了南無阿彌陀佛本身,也就是這一句彌陀名號;第二,成就了我們所要去的極樂世界,也可以說極樂世界是阿彌陀佛為我們而成就,是我們的;第三,成就了救度我們往生極樂世界的功德、功能、資糧。
所以阿彌陀佛成就本願就是成就：佛身(正報)、極樂(依報)、名號(我們往生的功德)這三件事情。
Namo Amituofo!
