Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teaching about Faith in Pure Land Buddhism
淨土信仰
If our family permits, Amitabha-reciters should make offerings to our principal Buddha. In our recitation center, we should make offerings to one Buddha only – Namo Amituofo. We should decorate our altars with a couplet on each side, one being “Light permeating the worlds in the ten directions”, and the other being “Embracing sentient beings who recite the Name without forsaking”. We should make an offering of incense every morning and evening, then bow to the Buddha three times. If you cannot find an appropriate place for making offerings, it is fine. As long as you always recite the Name of our principal Buddha (Namo Amituofo) wherever you can, it’s still OK. This is because the true principal Buddha is not outside, but inside our sincere and devoted minds. One’s Inner mind is the most beautifully adorned and pure Buddhist hall.
Nevertheless, we are still ordinary beings, and we have to live as ordinary beings. Unless we truly have no place, we should make offerings to our principle Buddha.
一個念佛人，若家裡許可，要供奉我們的本尊。我們的佛堂只要有一尊「南無阿彌陀佛」就可以了，對聯用「光明遍照十方世界，念佛眾生攝取不捨」。
平常早晚燒香，禮佛三拜。若是沒有適當地方可供奉，也沒關係，只要時時、處處都念本尊「南無阿彌陀佛」就好，因為，真正的本尊不在外，而是在我們正信虔敬的內心，內心就是最清淨莊嚴的佛堂。
只不過我們還是凡夫，凡夫有凡夫的生活，除非沒有地方，不然，還是有必要供奉我們的本尊。
Namo Amituofo!
