Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings Expressing the Perception of the Pure Land
淨土述懷
I think of Amitabha, and Amitabha thinks of me. Amitabha and I get up and lie down together. Amitabha and I follow each other. It is just like fire burning a piece of wood, one unified body. Why is this so? Because “the Name and body are one”, because “the light embraces”.
That is why an Amitabha-reciter’s heart is filled with Amitabha’s merit and virtues, and his body is protected by Amitabha’s light. Amitabha’s Buddha body comes to receive him. Amitabha and I are one entity. Thus, Amitabha’s shadow always surrounds the bodies of Amitabha-reciters.
我念彌陀,彌陀念我;我與彌陀共起臥,彌陀與我鎮相隨;如火燒木,一體不離。何以如此?「名體不離」故,「光明攝取」故。
是故念佛之人,彌陀功德充滿其心,彌陀光明護佑其身,彌陀佛身來迎其人,彌陀與我一體不離。是故,念佛人之身上,時時顯現彌陀之形。
Namo Amituofo!
