Jun 5, 2019
A quote from Master Shandao’s “In Praise of Pratyutpanna”
善導大師語錄
A paragraph about ‘forever dwelling in the Pure Land’
As ordinary beings, we should not attach to or dislike to renounce the cycle of birth-and-death. We should also not slight or hesitate to admire Amitabha’s Pure Land.
If a person renounces the cycle of birth-and-death, he will forever separate from the Land of Saha. If he admires the Pure Land, he will permanently dwell there.
By separating from the Land of Saha, the cause of reincarnation within the Six Realms is absent. Thus , the effect of reincarnation is naturally extinguished. As both the cause and effect do not exist, any form or even the name of existences is immediately terminated.
《般舟讚》「淨土常居」之文：
凡夫生死，不可貪而不厭； 彌陀淨土，不可輕而不欣。
厭則娑婆永隔，欣則淨土常居。
隔則六道因亡，輪迴之果自滅； 因果既亡，則形名頓絕也。
Namo Amituofo!
