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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Moreover, all sentient beings constantly overthink. According to the Mahayana’s True Suchness, Real Mark, and the Foremost Truth of Emptiness, they don’t even take any action in their minds.
According to the Hinayana, those who cultivate the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Paths (even up to the third and fourth fruitions) and cut off the Five Lower Afflictions and clear the Five Upper Afflictions, whether they are monastics or householders, are not included.
Though they may achieve the reward of being reborn as humans or devas through the practice of the Five Precepts and the Ten Wholesome Deeds, there are very few who can accomplish this.
If living with wickedness and committing offenses is taken into account, it becomes nearly impossible!
(to be continued tomorrow)
又復一切眾生,都不自量:
若據大乘,真如實相,第一義空,曾未措心。
若論小乘,修入見諦修道,乃至那含、羅漢,斷五下、除五上,無問道俗,未有其分。
縱有人天果報,皆為五戒十善,能招此報,然持得者甚希。
若論起惡造罪,何異暴風駃雨。
Namo Amituofo!
