Common Knowledge in Pure Land Teaching
淨土小常識
Sincere Mind –
Sincere Mind means a genuine, true mind. It has two aspects: (1) form of mind and (2) nature of mind.
(1) Form of Mind –
Ordinary beings habitually incline toward the false and insubstantial, not the true and substantive. What they say often diverges from what they think. Their words and thoughts are not genuine; they are empty and false. Truth arises when thoughts are consistent with deeds, and the internal is aligned with the external. Though thoughts in the minds of ordinary beings are usually false, genuineness is necessary for rebirth in the Pure Land.
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至誠心 - 即真實心。此有二重: 1. 心相 2. 心性
1.心相:凡夫之心,多虛少實。心口各異,言念無實,即為虛假;心行一致,內外相符,即為真實。縱於餘事心多虛假,然於往生必須真實。
Namo Amituofo!
