Common Knowledge in Pure Land Teaching
淨土小常識
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Briefly speaking, it refers to the 18th Vow – If sentient beings who recite my Name even ten times are not born there, may I not attain perfect Enlightenment. Master Shandao says, “ the Forty - eight vows all explain attaining rebirth through the exclusive recitation of Amitabha’s Name.
This real benefit is also the replete and unsurpassed great benefit. Through just this one thought, all sentient beings can accomplish the unsurpassed Buddha Way. So, the passage on Giving Advice in the Infinite Life Sutra states:
If there are people who hear the Name of that Buddha, rejoice so greatly as to dance, and remember him even once, then you should know that they have gained great benefit and received unsurpassed virtue.
真實之利
略而論之,即第十八願,所謂「十方眾生,乃至十念,若不生者,不取正覺」。善導大師釋:「四十八願,唯明專念彌陀名號得生。」
此真實之利,即無上大利,一念具足無上功德,圓滿成就無上佛道。《大經》彌勒付囑文云:「其有得聞,彼佛名號,歡喜踴躍,乃至一念,當知此人,為得大利,則是具足無上功德。」
Namo Amituofo!
