Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Faith in the Pure Land
淨土信仰
The root of the Pure Land teaching is the mind of rebirth-aspiration. Without the aspiration for rebirth, no further conversation is possible. For example, with respect to the exclusive recitation of Amitabha’s Name, if you have no aspiration for rebirth, you understand the exclusive recitation of Amitabha’s Name as the objective. This is incorrect.
It is because the aim of name-recitation is to attain rebirth in the Land of Bliss. Though there are benefits in reciting Amitabha’s Name in the present and future lives, the ultimate aim is to attain rebirth in the Land of Bliss.
(to be continued tomorrow)
淨土法門的根本就是願生心,沒有願生心,一切就都免談。譬如,專稱彌陀佛名,但是你沒有願生心,只以專稱彌陀佛名作為主要的宗旨,那就違背了。
因為稱名的目的,就是要往生極樂世界,念佛的利益雖有現當二益,可是,它有一個終極的目的,就是要往生極樂世界。
Namo Amituofo!
