Master Yinguang’s Short Teaching about “Two Kinds of Deep Faith” (The natural accomplishment of rebirth through reliance on the Buddha’s power)
印光大師法語「兩種深信」之文(佛力自然成辦)
We must believe we are ordinary beings bound by karmic forces, and it is definitely impossible for us to cut off our delusions and realize the necessary truths, in order to liberate ourselves from birth and death by relying on our own power.
We must have faith in Amitabha Buddha who accomplished his Great Vow. If sentient beings recite the Buddha’s Name and seek to attain rebirth in his Buddha-land, Amitabha Buddha will assuredly bestow his kindness upon them, and come to receive them when they are near the end-of-their lives, to be reborn in the Western Land.
信我是業力凡夫,決定不能仗自力,斷惑證真,了生脫死。
信阿彌陀佛,有大誓願。若有眾生,念佛名號,求生佛國,其人臨命終時,佛必垂慈接引,令生西方。
Namo Amituofo!
