Aug 17, 2020
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings - Encouraging the practice of Amitabha-Recitation
念佛警策
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People who think this way see-saw between blessings and offenses. They attach to the incorrect view that it is not harmful to commit offenses and not valuable to cultivate blessings. They believe the determining cause of rebirth in the Pure Land is only pure faith.
They also claim that they are iniquitous ordinary beings; but, they do not refrain from doing evil in the three karmas. Without any regrets they say, “I am a practitioner relying on the Buddha’s Other-power, and I am assured of rebirth.”
People who live according to these mistaken beliefs misinterpret Amitabha’s Fundamental Vow. As a result, they believe they will ascend to the Pure Land; but, they actually fall into the Three Wretched Realms.
此等之人,猶在問罪福之中,以修福為非,造罪為是,致執此邪見,而自謂信心決定,是淨土之因。
亦有稱自身是罪惡凡夫故,放縱三業,任情為惡,都無慚愧,放言「我實他力行人,乘佛願力,定得往生」。如此等輩,與彌陀本願不相應,可謂欲求超升,反更沉淪。
Namo Amituofo!
