Dec 20, 2021
上人法語
淨土信仰
Amitabha Buddha is infinitely kind and compassionate. He knows that some of the sentient beings of the ten directions, particularly those in the Land of Saha with five kinds of turbidity, do not have the mind of renunciation, or do not even know what renunciation is. They only know the joys of the five kinds of “lustrous” desires. Some of those joys are effortlessly cultivated through their karma of greed and hatred.
They attach to these “joys” even though they know that committing those offenses will lead them to reincarnate and suffer. Amitabha Buddha knows all of this. He took pity on us, made his vows, and practiced for us in the distant past. That is to say, Amitabha Buddha accomplished his 48 vows, practiced for five eons, and completed the construction of the Land of Bliss, mainly for the sake of sentient beings like us.
(to be continued tomorrow)
阿彌陀佛大慈大悲,祂曉得十方眾生,尤其是五濁惡世的娑婆眾生,有的是無心於出離,或是不曉得出離,只知五欲的享樂;有的雖曉得享樂造罪會輪迴受苦,必須修行,卻有心無力,這個心還是被貪瞋業力所佔據。
這些阿彌陀佛都知道,祂悲憫我們,所以預先為我們發願、為我們修行;也就是說,阿彌陀佛經過五劫思惟所成就的四十八大願、所建設的極樂世界,主要是為了我們十方眾生。
Namo Amituofo!
