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
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There are many cases recorded in the Sutras that reveal the ways Shakyamuni Buddha convinced and converted practitioners of the external path. Most of them slandered the Dharma. However, if they took refuge in the Buddha, and practiced in accordance with the Dharma, they could still attain the sacred fruition. This also included those who committed the five gravest offenses, including slandering the Dharma. If they hadn’t slandered, how could they make the Buddha bleed, or destroy the harmony of the Sangha?
So, among those who commit the five gravest offenses and slander the Dharma, unless they refuse to repent, they can still be reborn if they return to the Buddha. They will not be discarded or unable to be delivered by the Buddha because of their offenses.
諸經中釋尊降伏外道的事蹟,比比皆是,外道多有謗法者,然皈依佛陀,依教奉行,亦能入聖得果。何況五逆即含謗法,若不謗法,何來「出佛身血、破和合僧」?
故五逆謗法,除非至死不悔,否則迴心皆往,不會因為一經犯逆犯謗,就永被捨棄,不蒙救度。故《莊嚴經》言:「常運慈心拔有情,度盡阿鼻苦眾生。」
善導大師《法事讚》言:「以佛願力:五逆十惡,罪滅得生;謗法闡提,回心皆往。」
Namo Amituofo!
