Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Faith in Pure Land Buddhism
淨土信仰
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So, this Six-Syllable Name (Namo Amituofo) is not just a sound, or a word written in black and white; but, is alive and active. It has life – the life of a Buddha. It is verified in many sutras that this Name has immeasurable, boundless, inconceivable, and awesome merit and virtues.
So, this Name is “the name with the teaching” – the name and the teaching are one entity. The Name and its functional meaning match. Thus, whoever, whenever, and wherever one recites Amitabha’s Name, they are one with the Buddha. Amitabha Buddha arrives immediately upon hearing the sound of his Name.
所以這一句六字南無阿彌陀佛就不只是一句聲音而已、不只是白紙黑字而已,而是活生生的、活靈靈的,是有生命的,而且是佛的生命,所以在經典上處處都講這句名號有無量無邊不可思議的威神功德。
所以這一句彌陀佛名是名即法,是名體相即、名義相應,因此,無論何人、何時、何處、何緣,只要稱念彌陀佛名,阿彌陀佛當下即聞聲而來,應聲而現。
Namo Amituofo!
