Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Patriarchal Lineage of the Pure Land School – Nagarjuna Bodhisattva
《淨宗傳承之龍樹菩薩》
The text of the Chapter on the Easy Path is very short. With respect to easiness in practice, it refers to the easy practice of all Buddhas in the ten directions, the easy practices of the past eight Buddhas, the easy practices of all Buddhas in the three periods of time, the easy practices of various bodhisattvas, and, of course, the easy practice of Amitabha.
All of the easy practices mentioned above are just the side dishes for the main course, which is the easy practice of Amitabha recitation, our core teaching. It is the crystallization and final settlement of the Chapter on the Easy Path.
So, what does the Chapter on the Easy Path say? It teaches us about name-recitation in accordance with the Fundamental Vow of Amitabha. It also says: by following name-recitation in accordance with the Fundamental Vow of Amitabha, one can quickly attain rebirth in the present life, eliminate retrogression, and become a Buddha.
龍樹菩薩的《易行品》內文很短,所講的易行有十方諸佛的易行、過去八佛的易行、三世諸佛的易行以及諸菩薩的易行,同時也講到彌陀的易行。
講了這麼多的易行其實是在襯托出彌陀的易行是《易行品》的核心、《易行品》的結晶、《易行品》的歸趨。
所以《易行品》在講什麼?在講彌陀的「本願稱名」,在講只要依彌陀本願稱名就能夠現生不退而往生快速成佛。
Namo Amituofo!
