Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Faith in Pure Land Buddhism
淨土信仰
The meaning of rebirth – letting go of our present life and going to the Pure Land, to be reborn as a manifestation upon a lotus flower. By closing our eyes during death, we sit cross-legged upon the lotus platform. Rebirth is a special term in the Pure Land School of Buddhism. It is a kind of feeling of splendor, light, nobility and uniqueness, which is worthy of praise with words of admiration and respect.
A person who attains rebirth through Amitabha-recitation is to be reborn naturally, by manifestation on a jeweled pond in the Land of Bliss. It does not require any deliberate action. In this way rebirth is truly noble and magnificent, it implies emancipation and becoming a Buddha.
往生之義──捨此往彼,蓮花化生;行者瞑目之刻,即是蓮台結趺之時。「往生」這兩個字,在我們佛教、尤其是我們淨土宗來講,有特別的含義,給人一種殊勝、光明、尊貴、難得的感覺,是值得讚歎、欽敬的語言。
念佛往生淨土之人,就在極樂國土的七寶花中,自然、不假造作地化生了。所以,「往生」兩個字非常的尊貴、殊勝,往生意味解脫與成佛。
Namo Amituofo!
