Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Classification of Teachings – the Difficult and the Easy Paths
淨宗判教 – 難易二道判
There are two conditions and one kind of risk for a bodhisattva to reach the state of non-retrogression through the Difficult Path. The two conditions are:
(1) Hard Practice is required to accumulate various virtues.
(2) The process takes a very long time to complete. The risk is to fall back to the Sravaka and Pratyekabuddha stages.
Generally, it is not easy for a practitioner to cultivate to reach the stage of an Arhat. Those who aspire to attain perfect enlightenment through the Bodhisattva Way can still encounter numerous difficulties that cause them to fall back to the Arhat stage. It is because, once he falls back to being an Arhat, it is even more difficult to become a Buddha.
要經由難行道到不退轉地,有兩個條件、一個危險性。兩個條件就是「行諸難行」,而且要「經過好久的時間」,一個危險性就是「或墮聲聞、辟支佛地」。
一般而言,修行而能修到阿羅漢已經很不容易了,那為什麼發菩提心,行菩薩道的人,退入阿羅漢,是一種大衰患?這是因為退墮到阿羅漢,就很難成佛了。
Namo Amituofo!
