Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings Expressing the Perception of the Pure Land
淨土述懷
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Ever since, among those who claim to be practitioners of the Pure Land School, though they uphold the practices of the Pure Land School, they may not understand the rationale upon which the establishment of a school is based.
For example, what are the Principal Sutras of the Pure Land School? Who are the patriarchs that we should follow? The structure of teaching classifications, the scope of sentient beings of different aptitudes to be embraced, and the magnitude and level of benefits are not totally understood.
Up until now, there have only been a few people who could specifically prepare these contents. If I did not attempt to set up the entire structure systematically, I don’t know when another person might do it in future. So, I proposed the Charter of the Pure Land School, hoping that all of the practitioners in this School will follow it with respect to: teaching and practice classification, scope of aptitudes to be embraced, and the benefits and attributes to be attained.
自古以來,自稱淨土宗的行者,雖然修持淨土宗,自稱是淨土宗行者,可是對於剛剛所講這些建立一宗所依據的內容,並不一定了解。譬如淨土宗的正依, 也就是主要依據的經典是哪幾部? 是依據哪一位祖師大德的傳承?其教判體系、攝機的範圍,還有所得利益的大小高低,對這些並不完全了解。
能具體擬出這個內容的人,目前看來很少,如果我現在不嘗試把這個體系有系統地架構出來,不知要等到何時才有人架構這些理論體系。所以, 我就擬定了《淨土宗教章》, 讓凡是要修學這一宗這一派的行者, 無論是在教判、行判、攝機、所得利益等,甚至在宗風上,都能有所依循。
Namo Amituofo!
