Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Patriarchal Lineage of the Pure
Land School – the 18th Vow
淨宗傳承之第十八願
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Ordinary beings like us are slow-witted and inferior. Our weak concentration jumps forward and back according to circumstances. This causes us to sometimes practice kindness and sometimes do evil. Both good and bad ordinary beings, who rouse even one thought of genuine dedication with singleness of mind, can be reborn. That is to say, though they recite ten times or even once near the end-of-life, if they truly aspire to be reborn in the Land of Bliss, they will be also reborn.
That is what the text on accomplishment of the 18th Vow teaches – “All sentient beings who, having heard his Name, rejoice in faith, remember him even once, and sincerely transfer the merit of virtuous practices to that land, aspiring to be born there, will attain birth and dwell in the Stage of Non-retrogression.”
我們一般的凡夫,心力很拙劣、很脆弱,會隨著環境而進進退退,而造善或是造惡。善惡凡夫只要一念至心迴向也能夠往生,也就是說,即使臨終十念、一念,至心願生極樂,當下也能夠往生。
這就是第十八願成就文所講的,「諸有眾生,聞其名號,信心歡喜,乃至一念,至心迴向,願生彼國,即得往生,住不退轉」。
Namo Amituofo!
