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
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What about the Pure Land Path? It relies on Other-Power, like relying on a vehicle for transportation. In ancient times, the most comfortable and rapid form of transportation was a boat, so Nagarjuna Bodhisattva said, “The teaching of Amitabha’s deliverance is like traveling on the “boat of the Fundamental Vow”, which can easily enable us to transcend the Six Realms in the sea of sufferings, and reach the shore of the Land of Bliss.
That is to say, even though we are feeble and lack effort, we can be certain of reaching our destination by relying on the boat of Amitabha’s Vow.
那「易行道」呢？是靠他力，也就是靠交通工具。古代，最舒適、最快速的交通工 具就是船，所以龍樹菩薩說，阿彌陀佛本願救度的法門，就是本願船，很輕易的 就能夠橫超六道苦海，到達極樂世界的彼岸。
也就是說，我們即使再怎樣軟弱，依靠交通工具，也必定到達目的地。
Namo Amituofo!
