Nov 7, 2021
淨土小常識
The two kinds of benefits in the present life and in the future life – There are two kinds of benefits, one for the present life and the other for the future life. The benefits in the present life refer to the safety and stability of our physical bodies and the benefits in the future life refer to rebirth in the Pure Land near the end-of-life.
The two kinds of benefits result from Amitabha-recitation. Both benefits are included within this single Name, and within the single practice of Amitabha-recitation. If a person upholds other practices such as: reciting other Buddha’s names, practicing according to the Chapter on the Universal Doors, the Diamond Sutra, the Sutra on the Medicine Buddha, or reciting the name of the Medicine Buddha, he can also gain benefits for the present life. However, gaining benefits in both the present life and the future life is unique to Pure Land teaching, as it flows from the unique vow made only by Amitabha Buddha.
（to be continued tomorrow）
現當二益
「現」是現世,「當」是當來,「二益」是兩種利益。「現當二益」即指現世身心安穩,臨終往生淨土這兩種利益。
現當二益即是念佛,此兩種利益都攝在一句名號當中,攝在念佛一行當中。修持餘佛餘行,如修持《普門品》《金剛經》《藥師經》、稱念藥師佛等,也都能獲得「現世一益」;但獨有「現當二益」,是唯有彌陀才擁有的。
Namo Amituofo!
