Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teaching about Classification of Teachings – Other-Power and Self-Power
淨宗判教 – 自他二力判
The Pure Land School is a teaching based on the absolute dedication of “other-power”. This means Amitabha Buddha took five eons to meditate upon and countless eons to practice various virtues. This enabled him to accomplish the Land of Bliss, a realm of Nirvana in its oneness, and a state of circumstantial and direct rewards. Subsequently, Amitabha Buddha, who resides in the Land of Bliss, freely shares all of these with sentient beings in the ten directions. This is called the absolute dedication of “Other-Power”, which is the root and lifeline of the Pure Land School.
淨土宗乃是絕對他力之迴向,亦即彌陀經過五劫思惟,兆劫積行,成就依正主伴、同一涅槃之極樂世界,將此世界全部迴向與十方眾生。故知, 彌陀絕對他力之迴向,是淨土宗之根源也、生命也。
Namo Amituofo!
