Nov 8, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Taking Refuge in Amitabha
皈命彌陀
When we think of Amitabha Buddha, Amitabha Buddha knows immediately, and his light shines on us at the same time. We are joined together instantly. In contrast, if we think of our parents, our parents would not know, and they would be unable to come to our side. Thus, Amitabha-recitation is a kind of intimacy that is more than that between parents and children in the mundane world. How deep is this level of intimacy?
It is so intimate that we are fused together and totally inseparable. It is known as “Amitabha-recitation and Amitabha Buddha, and the aptitude and the teaching being one entity”.
我們念阿彌陀佛,阿彌陀佛立即知道,光明馬上照耀我們,立刻就與我們同在。然而我們想念父母,父母未必知道,也沒辦法立即在我們旁邊,所以念佛的這一種親,比世間父母的關係還要親,親到什麼程度呢?是親到一體不離,相融在一起的,這就是「念佛與佛,機法一體」。
所以,宇宙中跟我們最親的就是南無阿彌陀佛,念佛人如果曉得這個道理的話,就會很自然的、發自內心、很親切的來念南無阿彌陀佛。
Namo Amituofo!
