Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Patriarchal Lineage of the Pure Land School
《淨宗傳承之總顯其義》
Within the eight great schools in Buddhism, the one we select is the Pure Land teaching. If we go deeply into the doctrinal teaching of Pure Land, we note that the teachings of the Shandao lineage are different from those propagated after the Northern Song dynasty. We also see that our teaching is the truly pristine Pure Land teaching. The teachings of the Shandao lineage comply with the three Pure Land sutras and match those doctrines to the aptitudes of sentient beings. So, when we select a Pure Land teaching, we should choose the most pristine, that of the Shandao lineage.
佛法八大宗派當中,我們選擇的就是淨土法門。大家如果有深入淨土的教理,將善導大師這一個法脈的教理,跟歷代弘傳的,也就是北宋之後所弘傳的淨土教理互相比較,就曉得我們這個法門才是純正的淨土法門,才知道善導大師的思想才是合乎淨土三經,才是契理又契機的。所以,我們選擇淨土法門就要專依善導流這一脈的思想。
Namo Amituofo!
