Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teaching explaining the General Principles of the Classification of Teachings
淨宗判教 - 總顯其義
Nagarjuna Bodhisattva divided the Buddhist teachings into the Difficult Path and the Easy Path. Master Tanluan further divided them into those of Self-Power and Other-Power. Master Daochuo divided them into the Sacred Gate and the Pure Land Gate. Each of them indicates the demarcation of Shakyamuni’s teachings in his particular era. At the end, the demarcation of the Sacred Gate and the Pure Land Gate were adopted as special terms and included in the Pure Land School.
龍樹菩薩把佛法分為「難行道」和「易行道」,曇鸞大師進一步把它分為「自力」和「他力」,到了道綽禪師就分為「聖道門」和「淨土門」,這些都是對於釋迦牟尼佛一代教法的判教。到最後,「聖道門」和「淨土門」就成為淨土宗判教的專有名稱和定論。
Namo Amituofo!
