Master Huijing’ Short Dharma Teachings about Classification of Teachings – the Difficult and the Easy Paths
淨宗判教 – 難易二道判
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Nevertheless, even though it is easy to practice, it cannot be implemented if practitioners do not understand this principle. So, it is known as “the commencement of practice through understanding or gaining understanding through devotion.”
Subsequently, it proceeds to the stage of “no more understanding once practice commences”. This means that, once we start practicing the recitation of Amitabha’s Name with singleness of mind, all of the understanding, belief, and acceptance, will be stored in the bottom of our hearts. Thereafter, all that is necessary is the recitation of Amitabha’s Name for the rest of one’s life. Due to such a learning process, we first develop the correct understanding of the principles and theories, we are then able to have pure faith and the correct practice.
然而儘管是「易行道」,若是對道理不了解往往也無從實踐,所以「行由解起」,行是由理解、信解而生起的,當然接下來要「行起解絕」,當我們進入實踐,也就是一心念佛的時候,前面所理解所信受的就通通存在於內心之底,此後就儘管念念不捨的稱名念佛就好,也因為過程是這樣,所以我們對於教理,必須先有正確的理解、把握,這樣才能夠有正信與正行。
Namo Amituofo!
