Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings of the Patriarchal Lineage of the Pure Land School – the 18th Vow
淨宗傳承之第十八願
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By simple name-recitation for the remainder of one’s life, ten out of ten, a hundred out a hundred practitioners can be reborn. That means, ten thousand out of ten thousand practitioners can be reborn. So, “people of the three roots, and all sharp and dull witted people can be saved by the Pure Land teaching. This teaching is based on the teachings of the masters of the Pure Land School.
If it were based on the teachings of other schools or branches, rebirth would be conditional. In those teachings you must satisfy specific conditions in order to attain rebirth. If one does not, one cannot be reborn. So, it is not ten thousand out of ten thousand. Thus, the other paths are surely not the Easy Path.
只要念念相續,十個人十個人往生,百個人百個人往生,也就是萬修萬人去。
所以,真正所謂「三根普被,利鈍全收,萬修萬人去」的淨土法門,就是指我們這個法脈而言的,他宗他派的淨土教理,必然有條件,合乎條件就能夠往生,不能合乎條件就不能夠往生,未必能夠萬修萬人去,因此必然不是易行道。
Namo Amituofo!
