Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teaching of the Patriarchal Lineage of the Pure Land School – the 18th Vow
淨宗傳承之第十八願
The 18th Vow says, “If they are not reborn, may I not attain perfect Enlightenment”. Amitabha Buddha has attained perfect Enlightenment; so, Amitabha-reciters must attain rebirth at the end of their present lives. Once they are born in Amitabha’s Pure Land, they will dwell in the state of non-retrogression, as said in the text of accomplishment of the 18th Vow.
第十八願說:「若不生者,不取正覺。」阿彌陀佛已經成正覺了,所以念佛的人就如「成就文」所解釋的「即得往生,住不退轉。」
Namo Amituofo!
