Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teaching about Classification of Teachings – the Sacred and the Pure Land teachings
淨宗判教 – 聖淨二門判
The difference between birth-and-death and Nirvana, from the point of view of the Sacred Path, depends on the cutting off of afflictions, and reaching a state between “enlightened” and “deluded”. “Deluded” means birth-and-death, “enlightened” means nirvana.
This is because the Sacred Path emphasizes full reliance on “self-power” – to eliminate ignorance, realize the Real Mark, sever afflictions, and to liberate oneself from reincarnation in the Three Domains and the Six Realms. If one cannot cut off his afflictions, one cannot attain nirvana. This demonstrates that the Sacred Path truly is a teaching of “self-power”.
生死、涅槃之別，以「聖道門」而言是在於煩惱之斷除與否，亦即在於 迷或悟，迷則生死，悟則涅槃。
因為「聖道門」是全靠自力，以自己之力破無明悟實相斷煩惱，以自 己之力出三界六道輪迴，若不斷煩惱則不得涅槃，所以「聖道門」是 自力之教。
Namo Amituofo!
