Dec 21, 2021
上人法語
淨土信仰
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Every one of Amitabha’s 48 vows was made to enable sentient beings to be reborn in his Land of Bliss through the simple practice of Amitabha-recitation.
Why is this? Though there are billions and trillions of kinds of adornments in the Land of Bliss, they would be meaningless to us if we could not be reborn there. It is just like the inhabitants of the Three Gorges in Mainland China who were requested to migrate to other places. In order to motivate them and help them to move, the government had to construct access roads, schools, post offices, banks, new houses, and provide them a good living environment. However, if the description of their new homes could not attract the people to come, all the work would have been done in vain.
四十八願,可說每一願都為了眾生的往生極樂世界,每一願也都在說明:只要念佛,必定往生。
為什麼這麼說?因為極樂世界固然有百千萬億無量無邊的莊嚴,但如果我們不能往生,種種的莊嚴、清淨都沒意義了。就像針對大陸三峽的移民,要為他們建設流暢的交通,要有學校、郵局、銀行,現代化的房子......種種美好的環境,只有一個目的,就是為了讓他們移民來住,如果所建設的都不能吸引三峽的百姓遷到這裏來,那麼一切都徒勞、白費了。
Namo Amituofo!
