Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Classification of Teachings – theSacred and the Pure Land teachings
淨宗判教 – 聖淨二門判
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To become a Buddha in order to deliver sentient beings in the Saha World is the Sacred Path. The prerequisite is that the practitioner has the aptitude to become a sacred being, which is very rare and not possible for all people. Based on that benchmark, most of us do not possess the aptitude to become a sacred being.
To enter the Pure Land from this Defiled Land is the Pure Land Path. That is, being reborn from the Saha World to the Land of Bliss, then accomplishing Buddhahood in the Land of Bliss. Does that mean that we go to the Land of Bliss in order to study all the teachings of the Sacred Path? No, it doesn’t.
It is because all that we need has already been included by Amitabha, when we exclusively recite his Six-Syllable Name. So, we don’t need to pursue other expedient means of study and practice once we are reborn in the Land of Bliss.
(to be continued tomorrow)
「聖道門」是在娑婆世界成佛度眾生,它的先決條件,必須要有聖者的根性,是很難得,但我們都做不到;而且以此衡量,我們都不是聖人的根性。淨土門是「從穢入淨」,從這個娑婆世界往生極樂世界,在極樂世界成就佛果。不是到了極樂世界再去學、再去修聖道門所應該修的法門?不用!因為所應該學、應該修的都在這一句名號裏面,阿彌陀佛都已經為我們完成了,通通容納在這六字名號裏面。所以我們到極樂世界,不用再假藉其他方便。
Namo Amituofo!
