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》
In the Chapter on the Easy Path, Nagarjuna Bodhisattva praises Amitabha Buddha in 32 verses. Among these verses, there is one that states “assured of non-retrogression”, it reads as follows:
“If a person can remember this Buddha, he will attain immeasurable merit, virtues, and power, and instantly enter the state of assurance (non-retrogression). That is why I always recite Amitabha’s Name.”
It is also the same as “If a person thinks of me, he will return to me through reciting my Name, and instantly enter the state of assurance.” So long as we exclusively recite Amitabha’s Name, which contains immeasurable, boundless, inconceivable, and awesome merit and virtues. These are the reasons why Nagarjuna Bodhisattva always remembers and recites Amitabha Buddha’s Name, and advises us to do the same.
《易行品》裡面以三十二首偈來讚歎阿彌陀佛,其中即入必定的偈文就說:「人能念是佛,無量力功德,即時入必定,是故我常念。」
這個就是「若人念我,稱名自歸,即入必定」的意思,我們只要專稱彌陀佛名,阿彌陀佛無量無邊、不可思議的威神功德就通通在裡面,因為這一句名號本來就具備阿彌陀佛無量無邊、不可思議、甚深微妙、殊勝無上的功德,所以龍樹菩薩也時常憶念的稱念阿彌陀佛。
Namo Amituofo!
