Oct 11, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Faith in Pure Land Buddhism
淨土信仰
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Amitabha gives us the clean and bright Dharma; but, where is it? It’s within the six-syllable Name – Namo Amituofo. Thus it is said,“ the purpose of the Name is to enable sentient beings to accomplish all merits and virtues”, where are the merits and virtues necessary for us to accomplish rebirth in the Land of Bliss? They are, of course, within the six-syllable Name – Namo Amituofo. In this way, we have the necessary merits and virtues for rebirth, and enough for perfect and complete accomplishment of the Six Paramitas, by mere recitation of Namo Amituofo. So, the Name is the crystallization of the Six Paramitas.
阿彌陀佛把清白之法送給我們,那「清白之法」在哪裡呢?就在「南無阿彌陀佛」六字名號當中。如果說「令諸眾生,功德成就」,那麼阿彌陀佛讓我們成就往生極樂世界的功德在哪裡?當然也就在「南無阿彌陀佛」六字名號,使得我們只要念「南無阿彌陀佛」,往生的資糧功德就具足了,六度萬行就具足圓滿了,所以,六度萬行的結晶就是這句名號。
Namo Amituofo!
