Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Patriarchal Lineage of the Pure Land Teaching
《淨宗傳承之總顯其義》
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Furthermore, although Master Yongming Yanshou was a practitioner of the Chan School, he did not think Chan was the ultimate teaching. This caused him to return to Pure Land teachings. However, because the forces for practicing Chan were strong at that time, the Master promoted the dual practice of Chan and Pure Land, in order to guide Chan practitioners to Pure Land teachings. In order to best guide them, he had to explain the Pure Land teaching based on the doctrines of the Chan School. It was an expedient means to match the aptitude of the practitioners at that particular time. However, because it was a mixed teaching, it is not considered pristine according to Master Shandao’s point of view.
(to be continued tomorrow)
還有,宋朝永明延壽大師是禪宗的行人,他認為禪不夠究竟,最後還是要回歸淨土,但是那個年代學禪的氣氛很濃厚,為了引導學禪的人進入淨土,所以就提倡禪淨雙修,這樣當然是以禪的教理來解釋淨土。這有時代性、契機性的方便,可是如果站在淨土法門來看,那些就不純了。
Namo Amituofo!
