Dec 18, 2021
上人法語
淨宗判教 - 總顯其義
During the forty-nine years after his attainment of perfect Enlightenment, Shakyamuni Buddha preached his teachings in more than 300 assemblies. Most of his speeches were addressed to sentient beings of different aptitudes in those particular places and during those particular times, in order to provide proper direction and guidance. His teachings, therefore, created a wide variety of classical texts, discourses, and practices. The Patriarchs grouped them into the eight schools of Buddhism.
Among the eight schools, our faith is exclusively devoted to the Pure Land School. Within the Pure Land School, we select the Path of the Great Vow rather than the Path of Importance. The Path of the Great Vow divides its practices into primary and miscellaneous categories. The most important primary practice is the “karma of assurance”, “exclusive recitation of Amitabha’s name”. So, between the primary and miscellaneous practices, we select the karma of assurance from among the primary practices, because it leads us to the core objective of the primary practices.
釋迦牟尼佛一生成正覺後的四十九年間,講經說法三百餘會,大部份都是因時、因地,觀機逗教,為調伏眾生而講。因此,其中很多經典、理論、行持的方法,都各有不同,古來祖師大德將之歸納為八個宗派。
八個宗派當中,我們獨取淨土宗作為我們信仰的對象。在淨土門當中的「要門」和「弘願門」,我們選取「弘願門」。弘願門主要是強調正行之中的「正定業」──一向專稱彌陀佛名,所以正雜二行當中,我們選取正行之中的正定業,因為正行的中心目標就是正定業。
Namo Amituofo!
