Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Patriarchal Lineage of the Pure Land School – the 18th Vow
淨宗傳承之第十八願
The way the Pure Land Teaching was able to become a School was through its fundamental source or origin. Its origin is the 48 great vows abundantly made by Bodhisattva Dharmakara. Once he was able to bring those vows to fruition, he became Amitabha Buddha. The 18th vow is called the Fundamental Vow, and through it all sentient beings in the ten directions are able to be delivered to Amitabha’s Pure Land, and there become Buddhas.
淨土宗之所以成為淨土宗,它有個根本、有個起源。它的起源就是阿彌陀佛在因地為法藏菩薩的時候,為十方眾生廣發誓必救度的四十八大願;它的根本就是四十八大願當中的第十八願。
Namo Amituofo!
