Nov 14, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Taking Refuge in Amitabha Buddha
皈命彌陀
Children are always on their parents’ minds. If parents leave for some business, though they are personally not at home, their minds cling to their children at home. Even if they reach 100 years old, their minds still cling to their son of 70-80 years old, particularly if he leaves home. The farther away they live from home, the more they think of them. “It doesn’t matter whether they are together or separated, they always think of each other.”
It doesn’t matter where he goes, even to the other side of the Earth. Though his parents are physically here, their minds are still there - caring and remembering. Their happiness, sadness, fortune and misfortune, touch the hearts and affect the lives of their parents. This is called “intimacy”.
The intimate relationship between Amitabha Buddha and Amitabha-reciters is the same. Practicing this teaching, we simply recite Namo Amituofo and we link our minds to Amitabha Buddha. (no other buddhas, bodhisattvas, teachings, sutras, or dharanis, etc.) This is called “intimacy”.
父母的心是在兒女的身上,父母如果有事情離開了家庭,身在外面,可是心卻仍掛念著家中的孩子。即使年齡老大了,一百歲的父母,心還是掛念著七、八十歲的兒子,尤其是兒女如果離開了,離開得越遠,往往想念得越深,可謂「相處若無事,別後倍相思」。
不管他到了哪裏,即使到了地球的另一端,父母的身在這裏,可是心卻是在那裏,關懷著他們,繫念著他們,他們的苦樂禍福可以說都會觸動著父母的神經,使父母的生活受到影響,這個就是「親」。
念佛人跟阿彌陀佛就是有這一種「親」的關係,學這個法門,就只念「南無阿彌陀佛」,這個心只有繫念在阿彌陀佛身上,不可能繫念在其他諸佛、菩薩、法門、經咒上,這個就是「親」。
Namo Amituofo!
