Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Patriarchal Lineage of the Pure Land School – the 18th Vow
淨宗傳承之第十八願
What the 18th Vow says is: You must genuinely believe and aspire to be reborn through name-recitation, then you are assured of rebirth. If you genuinely aspire to birth in the Land of Bliss, and you exclusively recite Amitabha’s Name in a genuine manner, this is called “sincerely and joyfully entrusting”. You must “sincerely aspire to be born in my Land”, and “sincerely recite even ten times.” Thus, sincerity is from the bottom of your heart, produced by a genuine mind.
I deeply and genuinely believe in the existence of Amitabha, and believe Amitabha will deliver me. I genuinely believe in the existence of the Land of Bliss and that the Land of Bliss is my ultimate homeland. Lastly, I genuinely aspire to be reborn in the Land of Bliss. These beliefs are genuine and I will never give them up.
(to be continued tomorrow)
第十八願所講的是,你要真正的相信願生稱名就必定往生,你要真正的願生極樂,你要真正的專稱彌陀名號,所以才說要「至心信樂」。要「至心欲生我國」,要「至心乃至十念」,所以至心是出自於內心,真正從內心產生的。
我打從內心真正的相信有彌陀,而且相信彌陀是要救度我的,我真正的相信有極樂,極樂是我的歸宿,而我也真的願生極樂,有這種相信是真正的相信,就不會半途而廢。
Namo Amituofo!
