Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Faith in Pure Land Buddhism
淨土信仰
“The wonderful substance with a myriad of virtues is the Six-Character Name.” All of Amitabha Buddha’s abundant virtues, attained through various practices, and his inconceivably awesome paranormal powers, are contained in the Six-Character Name.
“The merit and virtues, as many as the sands of the Ganges, are fully sufficient for us to be reborn with even a single practice of oral recitation.” The merit and virtues are immeasurable and boundless, like the sands of the Ganges River; yet, we can attain them all if we exclusively recite the Name of Amitabha Buddha.
If we don’t recite Amitabha’s Name, we cannot totally possess Amitabha Buddha’s merit and virtues. Amitabha-recitation is the all-encompassing practice that includes all of his merit and virtues attained through eons of cultivation.
「萬善妙體,即六字名號」,阿彌陀佛所有的諸善萬德、不可思議的威神力,就在這六字名號中。
「恆沙功德,備口稱一行」,恆沙無量無邊的功德,只要我們專稱彌陀佛名就完全具備,毫不缺少,所以說「恆沙功德,備口稱一行」。
如果不是念彌陀名號的話,我們就不能完全擁有阿彌陀佛的恆沙功德,所以說念佛就是總修行,包含所有的修行功德在裡面。
Namo Amituofo!
