Oct 27, 2021
上人法語
淨宗判教 - 總顯其義
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The Pure Land Gate is the Easy Path, the teaching of Other-power that enables ordinary beings to be reborn in Amitabha’s Pure Land. It is a teaching of deliverance emphasizing deep faith. What does it believe in? It believes in Amitabha-recitation, the exclusive recitation of Amitabha’s Name, powered by Amitabha Buddha. It is just like sailing on board a ship, “joyful, single, rapid, and ascertained”. In this way rebirth is assured.
The Sacred Gate and the Pure Land Gate, the Difficult Path and the Easy Path, Self-Power and Other-Power, are all Buddhist teachings. So, we shouldn’t say that cultivation with vigor is a Buddhist teaching, and leisurely Amitabha-recitation is not.
「淨土門」是易行道,是他力的,凡夫都可以做得到,是講信心的救度法門,信什麼呢?信念佛,專一念佛便可,就好像水道乘船,是「樂、一、速、必」,而且往生決定。
「聖道門」和「淨土門」都是佛法,「難行道」與「易行道」也都是佛法,「自力」、「他力」也是佛法,所以我們不能說精進勇猛修行的才是佛法,輕鬆念佛的就不是佛法。
Namo Amituofo!
