Feb 4, 2020
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Practicing Various Virtues
眾善奉行
The Pure Land teaching is profound, yet easy to practice. However, this doesn’t mean that Amitabha-reciters merely recite Amitabha’s Name, and do not abide by the Precepts, or practice Meditation and Wisdom, if they can.
The correct meaning is: As far as the direct / main cause of rebirth, mere name-recitation is complete and sufficient. However, the fundamental teaching in Buddhism is “refraining from doing evil, and practicing various virtues”. So, as Buddhists, if we can hold the virtuous practices, we should. These include being filial to our parents, respecting our teachers, being kind, and not killing, We do these things because they are our human duties; otherwise, how can we claim to be Buddhists?
淨土法門是既殊勝又容易的,可是這樣的意思並不是表示念佛人只要念佛就好了,能夠持守的戒定慧都不去持守,不是的。
正確的意思是:就往生的正因來講,只要稱名念佛就圓滿具足了;但是我們是學佛的人,佛教的基本教理就是「諸惡莫作、眾善奉行」,能夠持守的善業當然要盡量去持守奉行,而盡心孝順父母、恭敬師長、慈心不殺本來就是做人的本份,否則就稱不上是學佛的人了。
Namo Amituofo!
