Mar 10, 2020
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Contemplation Sutra
《佛說觀無量壽經》
The Five Gravest Transgressions are the most serious among all offenses. If a person commits these, he/she must fall into Avici Hell and suffer endlessly. However, if he/she can follow the instruction of a good advisor to dedicate and recite Amitabha’s Name near the end-of-life, he/she can clear all offenses, and attain rebirth in the Land of Bliss. This means, he/she can transcend laterally the Three Domains, and dwell in the state of non-retrogression, and attain the status of a Buddha-to-be. (as said in the passage on rebirth for those in the lowest level in the low tier in the Contemplation Sutra.) This shows us that the functional capacity of Name-recitation is extraordinary and incomparable.
五逆之罪,罪中之最,若造必墮阿鼻地獄,受苦無窮。然而臨命終時,依善知識之教,回心念佛,諸罪消滅,得生極樂,不但免墮地獄,且橫超三界,住不退轉,入補處位,如《觀經》下品下生所言。此乃為顯示稱名功能,超絕無比。
Namo Amituofo!
