Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Faith in Pure Land
淨土信仰
If we have fewer false and miscellaneous thoughts, both our temperament and mental nature will change. If we feel the Dharma joy of Amitabha-recitation, we will be happy to recite Amitabha’s Name; whether we are busy or at rest. We would enjoy reciting the Name and bear it in mind at all times.
If we are Amitabha-reciters, we should focus on the study of this teaching. As Amitabha-reciters, we should always exclusively recite Amitabha’s Name with singleness of mind, whether we are walking, standing, sitting, or lying down; during the day and night, under any circumstances, without forsaking.
If we always recite Amitabha’s Name, we will be reborn at the end-of-life without any obstructions, and are unlikely to suffer severely from illness. Even if we have cancer, the pain we will suffer will be less than normal, and we will experience milder retribution for even heavy karmic offenses.
在念佛的當中比較沒有妄想雜念的話,我們的氣質會改變,心性會改變,會感受到念佛的法喜,此後有事沒事,隨忙隨閒,就會喜歡念佛,把這一句佛號時刻掛在嘴上、掛在心中。
尤其是我們學這個法門,就是一個念佛人,一個念佛人他如同善導大師所講的,是一心專念彌陀名號,從早到晚,從晚到早,不管行住坐臥,不管時處諸緣,都是念念不捨的。
如果平常都念佛,往往臨終會順利安然,比較不會有病苦,即使重報輕受,甚至得了癌症,也沒有一般癌症的痛苦。
Namo Amituofo!
