May 18, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Taking Refuge in Amitabha
皈命彌陀
A genuine Buddhist must realize deeply the mind of impermanence (birth and death). With this mind, he will set forth a vow to cultivate. After a while, he finds he is actually a typical ordinary being with very few roots of virtues, shallow in blessings, and incapable of practicing cultivation.
At that time, he will seek a teaching of external power that enables him to be liberated. Amitabha Buddha’s compassionate vow is his last hope, and the teaching of Amitabha’s deliverance is a silver lining of a cloud, and a glimpse of light in darkness.
真正學佛的人,必然是無常心深厚的人;有了這種無常心,他就會發起修行的願,經過一段時間,他更會發現,原來自己是一個十足的凡夫,善根很少,福德很薄,沒辦法靠自己修行。
那個時候,他就會尋求假借外力使自己能夠解脫得度的法門。那麼,阿彌陀佛的慈悲誓願,是他最後的希望,是他絕處逢生、柳暗花明的救度法門。
Namo Amituofo!
