Aug 1, 2020
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Encouragement to practice Amitabha-Recitation
念佛警策
What was the feeling and mood of Su Dongpo near his end-of-life? He was filled with panic and uneasiness. Because he was a Buddhist, people asked him whether there is a Pure Land and whether he had aspired to be reborn there?
He said, “There is a Pure Land; but, I cannot manage it.” While saying this he pointed at his chest, indicating that he believed in the existence of the Pure Land; but, he was only confident in being born there because he did not know how to be reborn in the Pure Land.
(to be continued tomorrow)
蘇東坡臨終時是什麼心情、什麼感受呢?他心中還是恐懼不安。但畢竟他是學佛的人,有人就問他有沒有淨土?他要不要往生淨土?有沒有求生淨土的意願?
他說,淨土是有,但個中把握不住。也就是說,他指著自己胸膛,表示他相信有淨土,可是他心中沒有把握,不曉得如何才可以往生淨土。
Namo Amituofo!
