Common Knowledge in Pure Land Teaching
淨土小常識
Birth through a womb
There are two modes of rebirth in the reward Land of Bliss, birth through a womb, and birth through manifestation.
Because they doubt the Buddha’s wisdom, those who cultivate miscellaneous practices, will not have their flowers open or see the Buddha immediately upon rebirth. They have to stay inside the flower (womb) for a certain period of time, and come out later. This is known as “rebirth through a womb”. It is analogous to an embryo growing within a uterus before it is ready to be born.
The Infinite Life Sutra says, “They are born in the womb palace; but, cannot see the Three Gems or make offerings to the Buddha for 500 years. Because they do not know the practices of the bodhisattva teachings, they cannot practice to accumulate merit and virtues.”
胎生
往生極樂報土的二種方式(胎生、化生)之一。
修雜行者,疑惑佛智故,往生後不能立即花開見佛,須滯住蓮花之內若干時節然後乃出,稱為胎生,乃是藉此界嬰兒在胎中漸漸長大而後乃出為喻。
《無量壽經》言:「生彼宮殿,五百歲不見三寶,不得供養於佛,不知菩薩法式,不得修習功德。」
Namo Amituofo!
