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
Those who “sincerely and joyfully entrust” in the power of Amitabha’s vow have the understanding that every single name - recitation is an act of repentance.“ Why is this? It is because we know we are ordinary beings with very heavy karmic obstructions and very severe afflictions. We are not capable of eliminating them.
Without Amitabha’s deliverance we are not capable of being liberated from the sea of suffering.
So, when he recites the Buddha’s Name, in every single recitation he naturally has a thought of repentance from the bottom of his heart. If he doesn’t, he is not considered a true Amitabha-reciter.
(to be continued tomorrow)
有「至心信樂」的人,他會有一種心境,就是善導大師說的「念念稱名常懺悔」。為什麼呢?因為知道我們是凡夫,業障非常的深重,煩惱非常的強盛,但是偏偏沒有辦法降伏,若沒有阿彌陀佛的救度,就沒有辦法脫離苦海。
所以他在念佛時,自然在念念之中,於內心之底會有一種懺悔的念頭存在;若內心沒有懺悔的念頭,那他就不是一個念佛人,因為不合乎這種原則,不合乎這種邏輯性。
Namo Amituofo!
