Jan 25, 2020
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Taking Refuge in Amitabha
皈命彌陀
Amitabha Buddha is not only able to deliver those who can purify their minds through cultivation, to be reborn in the Land of Bliss, and there to become Buddhas. He is also able to deliver those who have accumulated the most severe karmic offenses that cause them to fall into Avici hell, or even those already in Avici hell undergoing endless suffering. This is an example of Amitabha Buddha’s boundless great compassion.
This great compassion is so immeasurable, boundless, and limitless that even Buddhas cannot fully grasp it. It is also known as “all-embracing great compassion”. It means Amitabha’s great compassion surpasses all other Buddhas in the ten directions. This is why it is called “all-embracing great compassion.”
阿彌陀佛不僅能使心地清淨、會修行的人往生極樂世界成佛,阿彌陀佛也必須同時能使造下了阿鼻地獄之業的眾生,甚至已經墮落阿鼻地獄、受無盡痛苦的眾生,也能往生極樂世界,才算是無限的、無盡的大悲。
無窮無盡、不可限量、諸佛也不可能推測的大悲,叫做「無盡大悲」。「無盡大悲」,另一種版本說是「無蓋大悲」,就是:阿彌陀佛的這種大悲是覆蓋十方諸佛,同時是十方諸佛所不能覆蓋的;尤其是一切眾生沒有不受彌陀大悲的庇蔭覆蓋的,所以叫做「無蓋大悲」。
Namo Amituofo!
