Master Yinguang’s Short Teaching offering the Advice of Practicing the Particular Teaching and Discarding Self-Power
「自謂弘法」之文(法門相混之錯)
Many masters, who have been following the General Teachings, base their comments on the Pure Land teaching on those General Teachings. Through these mistakes they deprived themselves and misled other people. Many of them also say that they propagate this Dharma to benefit people.
They have made an initial mistake by not becoming aware of the differences in greatness and smallness, and the level of difficulty and easiness between Buddha-power and self-power paths. They forcefully twist the Pure Land teachings, by equating the teachings of reliance on self-power with the teaching of reliance on Buddha-power, in order to balance and harmonize them. This is a profound mistake.
(to be continued tomorrow)
古今多有依普通法門論淨土法門,由茲自誤誤人,而又自謂宏法利生者,不勝其多。其最初錯點,在不察佛力與自力之大小難易,以仗佛力之法門,硬引仗自力之法門,而欲平論,致有此失。
Namo Amituofo!
