Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings concerning the Classification of Teachings – the Difficult and Easy Paths
淨宗判教 – 難易二道判
The reason the Pure Land teaching is called the Easy Path is because the theory of this teaching is easy to understand, the method of practice is also easy, and the realization of rebirth is rapid and splendid.
If the practice of a teaching were simple and easy; but, the reward was not splendid, and if it needed something additional to achieve the specified result, then it could not be regarded as the “Easy Path”.
淨土法門之所以稱為「易行」,是因為這個法門在「教理」的理解是淺顯的,在「行持」的方法上是容易的,在「往生」的證果是快速而殊勝的。
如果一個修行法門只是簡單容易卻不殊勝,還必需假借其他方法,就稱不上是「易行道」。
Namo Amituofo!
