Jun 30, 2020
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Faith in Pure Land Buddhism
淨土信仰
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“Wonderful” means incredible, sublime, and inconceivable. So, this person is not just good, but incredibly good; not just a superior person, but a supreme person. Thus, the merit and virtues of reciting Amitabha’s Name cannot be described through mere words. They are inconceivable!
This is why the Commentary on the Contemplation Sutra says, “Though all other Buddhist practices are virtuous, and they are teachings for cultivating and accumulating merit and virtues, they are not comparable to Amitabha-recitation.”
所謂「妙」就是難以想像、不可思議,所以不但是好人,更是難以想像的好人;不但是上人,更是上上人;不但是上上人而且是最勝人。因此, 念佛的功德真的是不可稱、不可說、不可思議, 沒辦法以文字來形容、來稱說、來比較。
所以《觀經疏》又說,其他的修行法門雖然都是善,都是修行法門,都是功德,可是和念佛相比,就不能比較了。
Namo Amituofo!
