Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Faith in Pure Land Buddhism
淨土信仰
Amitabha’s light is vast and deep, permeating everywhere in the worlds of the ten directions. What are the functional capacities of this light? What are its purposes? It protects and embraces those who recite the Buddha’s Name.
So, there are two functions, one is to protect, and the other is to deliver. Amitabha will come to receive you at the point of death. “Without forsaking” means, his protection and deliverance are unchanging from beginning to end.
阿彌陀佛的光明非常廣大深遠,遍照十方世界任何地方,這個光明有什麼功能,有什麼樣的目的呢?就是攝取念佛的眾生。
這個攝取的「攝」,就是「攝護、保護」的意思;「取」就是「救度」,將來來迎接你;「不捨」的意思就是自始至終都沒有捨離、沒有改變。
Namo Amituofo!
