Nov 26, 2021
淨土小常識
Karma of Assurance and Supportive Karma
There are five Primary Practices. They can be divided according to the two kinds of karma – Karma of Assurance and Supportive Karma. The fourth Primary Practice (Name-recitation)is known as the Karma of Assurance, and the other four Primary Practices are regarded as Supportive Karma.
The full name “Karma of Assurance” originates from the passage on “Faith in the Context of Practice” from the Chapter on Non-meditative Virtues, in the Commentary on the Contemplation Sutra. It states that reciting Amitabha’s name single-mindedly and without variation, whether walking, standing, sitting or lying down, whether for long or short periods is the karma of assurance. It is so because it accords with Amitabha Buddha’s 18th Vow.
Supportive Karma means karma that supports the practitioner’s mind in practicing the karma of assurance.
正助二業
五種正行，開為五種，合為正助二業。其中第四稱名正行為正業，前三後一四種正行，為助業。
正業，全稱「正定業」，出自善導大師《觀經四帖疏．散善義》「就行立信」：「一心專念彌陀名號，行住坐臥，不問時節久近，念念不捨者，是名正定之業，順彼佛願故。」
助業者，能助行者之心，行於稱名之正定業，故稱助業。
Namo Amituofo!
