Oct 13, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Taking Refuge in Amitabha
皈命彌陀
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That means, Amitabha Buddha makes the following vow for sentient beings of the ten directions, so long as he becomes a Buddha, he can assure sentient beings of the ten directions who recite his Name, rebirth in his Land of Bliss. If he is unable to allow sentient beings of the ten directions, who recite his Name, to be reborn in the Land of Bliss, he will not attain perfect Enlightenment and become a Buddha.
Because of this vow, he naturally has an intimate relationship with sentient beings of the ten directions, particularly Amitabha-reciters. This relationship is even more intimate than that between parents and children.
也就是阿彌陀佛為十方眾生發了「只要祂成佛的話,必定使十方眾生稱祂的名號而往生祂的極樂世界,如果不能夠使十方眾生稱祂的名號,而往生極樂世界,祂就不能成正覺,就不能成佛」。
因為有了這個願,所以自自然然的跟十方眾生,尤其是跟念佛人,就有了比父精母血的父子母女之親還要更親的關係。
Namo Amituofo!
