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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We do not follow the Cimin tradition either, and do not regard Master Cimin as a patriarch of our school. This is because the practices of the Cimin tradition are mixed. They do not practice “exclusive recitation of Amitabha’s Name”; but, their teachings are fused with the theoretical teachings and precepts of Chan.. As their path is not pristine, it does not match the aptitudes and practice of the Pristine Pure Land School.
Only the Shandao tradition is based completely on the Three Sutras of the pristine Pure Land School, and matches the specified aptitudes and the teaching. Subsequently, rebirth is assured as long as we recite Amitabha’s Name. “Matching teaching” refers to the teaching based on Amitabha Buddha’s 18th Vow, and “matching aptitude” refers to all common sentient beings.”
我們也不依「慈愍流」,不以慈愍大師為我們的祖師。因為慈愍流的修行方法是融合性的,融合禪、教、戒律,不是純粹「專稱彌陀佛名」,由於不純粹,我們也修不起來,既不應機也不契法。
唯有善導大師是純粹依據淨土的經典,契法契機,只要稱名必定往生。「契法」是依據阿彌陀佛第十八願的這個法,「契機」是普遍的眾生都能夠往生。
Namo Amituofo!
