Jul 25, 2020
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Encouragement to practice Amitabha-Recitation
念佛警策
A contemporary Buddhist scholar (Householder Jingwu Auyeung) is regarded as a great master with good knowledge of Buddhism, especially the Mere Consciousness doctrines. In Northern China, he was considered the foremost in Buddhist studies.
Even so, he was in great pain near his end-of-life, and expressed his feelings with a deep sigh,“Uhhh, I am even worse off than an illiterate Amitabha-reciter in a rural village.”So, he told his friends, “ all that I learned in my entire life cannot be effectively used at this moment.” He advised them to truly recite Amitabha’s Name.
(to be continued)
近代佛學家歐陽竟無居士,他對佛學很有研究,尤其唯識學方面,被認為是大師,在中國大陸北方,可說是第一把交椅的佛學人物。但是歐陽竟無臨終的時候很痛苦, 他流露出自己的心情說:「唉!還不如一個鄉下一字不識的念佛者。」
因此他又跟身旁的人說:「一生所學,到此都不得力。」而勸大家老老實實念佛。
Namo Amituofo!