Common Knowledge in Pure Land Teaching
淨土小常識
Feather Light
Feather light is so light that it flies here and there when blown by a light breeze. The Sutra says, “In the Buddhist Way, bodhisattvas of the ten stages of faith move up and down like the lightest feather. Those ordinary beings of the ten stages of faith are also called feather light. Master Daochuo says in the Collection on Peace and Joy, “Ordinary beings nowadays are called feather light, with even just a thought of faith.
Ordinary beings like us are described as feather light, as our mental power is blunt and feeble, moves forward and backward, or performs good and bad deeds easily according to the circumstances.
輕毛
「輕毛」，像毛髮那麼輕，隨便一點點風一吹，他就會隨風或東或西。經言，於佛道有進有退之十信位菩薩，多喻為輕毛。此外，十信以下之凡夫亦稱輕毛。
道綽大師《安樂集》言：「當今凡夫，現名信想輕毛。 」
「輕毛」是形容我們一般的凡夫，心力很拙劣、很脆弱，會隨著環境而進進退退，或造善或造惡。
Namo Amituofo!
