Master Yinguang’s Short Teaching about the Differences among the Teachings -
The General Path and the Particular Path
印光大師「法門不同」之文(總判通別二門)
If we wish to cut off all delusions and realize the great Buddhist truths through the self-powered practices of precepts, meditation, and wisdom, this is called the General or Common Path.
If we wish to be reborn in the West with recourse to Amitabha Buddha’s compassionate power, through holding the Buddha’s Name with sincere faith and earnest aspiration, this is known as the Particular or Special Path.
若仗自力修戒定慧,以迄斷惑證真,了生脫死者,名為『通途法門』。
若具真信切願,持佛名號,以期仗佛慈力,往生西方者,名為『特別法門』。
Namo Amituofo!
