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
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The word “even” and the phrase “for one day ... and for seven days” have the same meaning. It also includes, Even - ten times, five times, one time, one thought, eleven times, twenty times, hundreds and thousands, millions and billions of times. That is to say: from the moment you believe, follow, and aspire to be reborn, you should practice name-recitation until the end-of-life, and nothing else. This is the meaning of “even ten times”.
所以「乃至」與「若一日......若七日」的「若」字一樣的意思,乃至十聲、乃至五聲、乃至一聲一念;乃至十一聲、乃至二十聲、乃至百千萬億聲,也就是說:從你信順願生的當下,一直到臨命終時,都是稱名念佛,這就是「乃至十念」。
Namo Amituofo!
