Dec 5, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Faith in Pure Land Buddhism
淨土信仰
What is the main cause and the main karmic practice, and where can any sentient being attain the necessary credentials for rebirth in the Land of Bliss? All are within the six-syllable name – Namo Amituofo, This Name is perfect and complete, all-sufficient, and transcendental. That is to say, all merits and virtues of the 84,000 teachings are perfectly and completely included in Amitabha’s Name, which sufficiently possesses, and also transcends the merits and virtues of the 84,000 teachings.
For rebirth in the Land of Bliss, the main cause and the main karmic practice, to accumulate the necessary merits and virtues, is Amitabha”s Name. With respect to those attaining rebirth, those achieving Buddhahood, the merits and virtues of Amitabha’s Name are not lacking in any way. Nothing is missing. It is perfect complete, and all-encompassing. So, this Name “Namo Amituofo” is regarded as “the great Name of myriad virtues”.
任何眾生要往生極樂世界,他的正因、正業、功德資糧在哪裡?在南無阿彌陀佛六字名號之中,這句名號是圓滿的、具足的、甚至超越的。也就是說,這句彌陀名號圓滿八萬四千法門的功德,具足八萬四千法門的功德,超越八萬四千法門的功德。
要往生極樂世界,它的正因、正業、資糧功德通通在這句彌陀名號之中。彌陀名號的功德對往生者來講,對成佛來講,毫無欠缺、毫無遺漏,圓圓滿滿地具足,所以這句南無阿彌陀佛被尊稱為「萬德洪名」。
Namo Amituofo!
