Common Knowledge in Pure Land Teaching
淨土小常識
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The gains and losses of exclusive practice versus miscellaneous practices
The thirteen losses through miscellaneous practices are listed as follows:
i) Becoming disoriented by assorted circumstances, the correct concept is lost
ii) No alignment with Amitabha Buddha’s Fundamental Vow
iii) At odds with Shakyamuni Buddha’s teaching
iv) Not following the words of the Buddhas
v) Minds become neither connected nor consistent
vi) Interrupted thoughts
vii) Dedication and aspiration are neither earnest nor genuine
viii) Unsettled by the afflictions of greed and anger, and of various other views
ix) Lacking a sense of shame and penitence
x) Failing to recall and repay consistently the grace of the Buddhas
xi) As pridefulness swells, practice becomes entwined with fame and profit
xii) Because of seeing Distinctions between self and others, remoteness from fellow practitioners and Dharma friends develops
xiii) Fondness for mixed practices obstructs self and others from the primary practices leading to rebirth
All of these can become benefits if they are reversed and become exclusive practices.
專雜得失 (續)
雜行十三失列舉如下,反之即正行十三得。
1雜緣亂動失正念故
2與佛本願不相應故
3與教相違故
4不順佛語故
5繫念不相續故
6憶想間斷故
7迴願不殷重真實故
8貪瞋諸見煩惱來間斷故
9無有慚愧懺悔心故
10又不相續念報彼佛恩故
11心生輕慢,雖作業行,常與名利相應故
12人我自覆,不親近同行善知識故
13 樂近雜緣,自障障他往生正行故。
Namo Amituofo!
