Aug 16, 2020
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings - Encouraging the practice of Amitabha-Recitation
念佛警策
The text, “urging us to exclusively recite the Buddha’s Name without taking into account the amount of blessings and offenses we possess,” is to teach us that all attachments and doubts can be removed regarding the teaching of Amitabha’s unimpeded deliverance through his Fundamental Vow. This is discussed because some people become attached to a mistaken concept that blessings and offenses exist in the normal realm of cause and effect. They think those with blessings can be reborn and those with offenses cannot, or they think those with more blessings and fewer offenses have less of a chance of being reborn. Those with more offenses and less blessings are not even mentioned as far as rebirth is concerned.
People with these mistaken views misinterpret Amitabha’s deliverance, particularly the phrase “without taking into account the amount of blessings and offenses”. They think that offenses are not important and blessings need not be cultivated. They regard those people who care about blessings and offenses as lacking faith in Amitabha’s deliverance. Due to these misunderstandings they become lazy and capricious, and feel free to do whatever they want.
(to be continued tomorrow)
「不問罪福多少,勸專念佛名」之文,正顯示彌陀本願無礙救度之法門,以消除一切疑見之執著:如此,有人執著罪福因果,修福應生,造罪不生;另或有人執著福多罪少,尚可得生,罪多福少,則不得生。
有惡見之人,濫解彌陀救度,對「不問罪福多少」這一句,誤解為罪不可畏,福不必修,若有畏罪修福者,是未信彌陀願力之人;因而增長放逸懈怠,任性胡作非為。
Namo Amituofo!
