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
“Wish to be reborn in my Land” is the mind of aspiration to be reborn in the Land of Bliss. It does not mean to just believe in the existence of Amitabha Buddha and the Land of Bliss; but, to really aspire to be reborn in the Land of Bliss. Furthermore, we should also believe that Amitabha Buddha’s Land of Bliss is ours. At the same time, we should believe that Amitabha Buddha is not millions and billions of Buddha-lands away, and he is not in a lofty position for us to worship. Amitabha Buddha comes here to intimately and earnestly ask us to accept his deliverance to his Land of Bliss.
「欲生我國」是我們願生極樂的心,不但信有阿彌陀佛,信有極樂世界,也真的願生極樂世界。除此之外,進一步,還要信阿彌陀佛的極樂世界是我們的,同時要相信阿彌陀佛不是遠在十萬億佛土之外,不是高高在上讓我們膜拜而已,阿彌陀佛是很親切的來到這裏呼喚我們,拜託、要求我們給祂救度到祂的極樂世界去。
Namo Amituofo!
