Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teaching about Classification of Teachings – the Sacred and Pure Land teachings
淨宗判教 – 聖淨二門判
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The Sacred Path is difficult to realize nowadays. This is because: (1) the Great Sacred Buddha (Shakyamuni) is now far from us, (2) his teachings are profound ; but, we can only understand a small part of them. Thus, the Sutra of the Great Collection of Moon Store says, “I live in the Dharma-ending age, in which not even one person in a billion who practices and cultivates can attain the Way.”
In the Dharma-ending Age, and in this wretched world with five kinds of turbidity, only the Pure Land Path is accessible to accomplish the Way.
Thus, the Great Sutra says, “ if a sentient being who commits offenses for his entire life recites my name, and is not born in my land, I will not attain perfect Enlightenment.”
(to be continued tomorrow)
其聖道一種,今時難證,一由去大聖遙遠,二由理深解微。是故《大集月藏經》云:「我末法時中,億億眾生,起行修道,未有一人得者。」
當今末法,現是五濁惡世,唯有淨土一門,可通入路。
是故《大經》云:「若有眾生,縱令一生造惡,臨命終時,十念相續,稱我名字,若不生者,不取正覺。」
Namo Amituofo!
