Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teaching about Classification of Teachings – the Sacred Path and the Pure Land teachings
淨宗判教 – 聖淨二門判
In Buddhist teachings, there are the so-called Eight Schools, which can be divided into two kinds, one being the Pure Land Door, and the other being the Sacred Path. The Pure Land Door consists of - rebirth in the Land of Bliss through Amitabha-recitation, so as to cease reincarnating within the Six Realms forever, and to become a Buddha after birth in the Pure Land. Then, after becoming a Buddha, one can return to the Land of Saha or even the worlds of the ten directions, to deliver all sentient beings by splitting his body into thousands and billions of forms. This is called the Pure Land teaching.
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佛法中所謂的八個宗派,可分為兩種法門,一個是「淨土門」,另一個是「聖道門」。淨土門就是念佛往生極樂世界,永離六道輪迴,在淨土直接成佛,成佛之後再倒駕慈航到娑婆世界,乃至十方世界,分身千百億,廣度諸眾生,這一個法門叫做淨土法門。
Namo Amituofo!
