Aug 15, 2020
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Faith in Pure Land Buddhism
淨土信仰
It takes ten thousand eons to diligently practice the various virtues of the Sacred Path. Thus, it is called a Gradual Teaching. It is different from the teaching of exclusively reciting Amitabha’s Name. By doing so, one can be reborn in Amitabha’s land of nirvana at the end of his life, attain the state of non-retrogression, and realize the perseverance of non-rebirth. In this way, we know that Amitabha-recitation in accordance with the Fundamental Vow is the Sudden Teaching of the One-Buddha Vehicle.
聖道門諸行,須經萬劫苦行,故名漸教;不如念佛一法,只要專念彌陀,命終即生彌陀涅槃國,即得不退證無生;三界六道輪迴,當下因亡果絕;不經萬劫苦行,即證無生法忍。故知本願念佛,即是頓教一乘。
Namo Amituofo!
