Common Knowledge in Pure Land Teaching
淨土小常識
Merit-Dedication of Other-Power
The Merit-Dedication of Other-Power is also known as the Merit-Dedication of Vow-Power, or the Merit-Dedication of Buddha-Power, because Other-Power refers to vow power and Buddha power.
Other-Power refers to the power in Amitabha’s Fundamental Vow. Merit-dedication is dedication and transference, from one person to another. Master Tanluan explains this in the Commentary on the Shastra of Rebirth, “ Amitabha dedicates and transfers his own merit and virtues to all sentient beings.”
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他力迴向
「他力迴向」又名「願力迴向」,又名「佛力迴向」,因為他力即是「願力、佛力」。
「他力」指阿彌陀佛的本願力;「迴向」是迴轉趣向,此指迴自向他。曇鸞大師《論註》解釋說:「以己功德,迴施一切眾生。」即阿彌陀佛將他的功 德迴向給眾生。
Namo Amituofo!
