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
The word “ten” in “even ten times” does not mean “only ten times”. “Even” means: Upon hearing about and believing in Amitabha’s deliverance, a person should recite Amitabha’s Name for the rest of his life. Some people may recite ten times, five times, or for the length of one thought (for those who hear and believe near the end-of-life); but, some people may recite a thousand times, ten thousand times, for one day, for 7 days, for one year, for 7 years, or 70 years (for those who hear and believe earlier in the present life). All are included in “even ten times”
(to be continued tomorrow)
「乃至」的十念,並不是說唯有十念。「乃至」就是說:聞信彌陀救度之後,盡此一生念佛,有的人十念、五念、一念(臨終聞信之機),有的人千念、萬念、若一日、若七日、若一年、若七年、若七十年的念(平生聞信之機),這個都是「乃至」。
Namo Amituofo!
