Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings - Encouraging the practice of Amitabha-Recitation
念佛警策
Though responses are the phenomena of cause and effect, Buddhism does not take responses to be the aim. Based on the responses, we know that what the Buddha teaches is true. From this, our faith is strengthened, we aspire to be reborn in the Land of Bliss, and exclusively recite Amitabha’s Name.
“Taking response as the aim” means, “we believe only if there is a response”. If people don’t know the Buddha’s teachings, they will not know what is right and what is wrong, they may do foolish things, or join a cult. While they seek for ascending, they may actually retrogress. So, we shouldn’t attach to particular responses and weigh the value of our practice based on that.
雖然感應是因果之事相,但佛教不以感應為目的,乃以此感應之事相,知佛說之真實,而起信心、念彌陀、生極樂。
否則,但以感應為目的,只要有感應就信,若不知佛理,不分邪正,則容易走火入魔,或誤信外道邪教;欲求超升,反更沉淪。是故,不可執著感應,也不可妄求感應。
Namo Amituofo!
