Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Faith in Pure Land Buddhism
淨土信仰
With the merit and virtues resulting from the accomplishment of Perfect Enlightenment, Amitabha Buddha dedicates and shares them with sentient beings of the ten directions. This is also taken as the functional cause that enables sentient beings in the ten directions to be reborn in the Land of Bliss, to become Buddhas, and deliver sentient beings comprehensively.
That is to say, the merit and virtues cultivated by Amitabha Buddha are the merit and virtues shared with sentient beings of the ten directions. To leave the Saha World, to escape from reincarnation, and attain rebirth in Amitabha’s Pure Land.
Once there to ultimately become a Buddha and deliver sentient beings comprehensively, we need Amitabha Buddha’s Perfect Enlightenment, because it possesses all of these functional powers.
阿彌陀佛是以祂所完成正覺的功德來迴向、布施給十方眾生,作為十方所有眾生往生極樂世界、在極樂世界成佛、廣度眾生的功能。
也就是說,阿彌陀佛所修行的功德,就是十方眾生的功德,十方眾生要離開娑婆世界、脫離生死輪迴、往生彌陀淨土、在彌陀淨土究竟成佛、廣度十方眾生,只要有阿彌陀佛的正覺,這些功能就通通具備。
Namo Amituofo!
