Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Patriarchal Lineage of the Pure Land School
《淨宗傳承之總顯其義》
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Vasubandhu Bodhisattva also based his Treatise of Rebirth on the 18th Vow. He says, “Contemplate to know the power of that Buddha’s Fundamental Vow. One’s encounter with it will never be fruitless. One will be enabled to speedily attain all wishes and the great treasure ocean of virtues.”
Master Tanluan combined the teaching in the Chapter on the Easy Path with the Treatise of Rebirth. He showed us that the 18th Vow is the root of both of those teachings, as stated in his Commentary on the Treatise of Rebirth. In concluding his Commentary, Master Tanluan listed the 18th Vow, the 11th Vow and the 22nd Vow as the scriptural evidence on “expediting the achievement of Buddhahood”, and to establish the doctrinal teaching of the ‘Other-Power.”
天親菩薩的《往生論》也是依據第十八願所開展出來的,所謂「觀佛本願力,遇無空過者,能令速滿足,功德大寶海」。
曇鸞大師是融合《易行品》和《往生論》的思想,然後望著《大經》第十八願為根本來解釋《往生論》,而開展出《往生論註》。所以《論註》最後結論的地方,曇鸞大師就舉出第十八願、第十一願、第二十二願這三個願作為「速得成佛」的經證,同時建立起他力的教理思想。
Namo Amituofo!
