Common Knowledge in Pure Land Teaching
淨土小常識
View of Sinful Offenses and View of Deliverance
From the point of view of the Sacred Path, the practitioner sets forth the mind of departure by contemplating the law of impermanence. He then cultivates through self-power, hoping to eradicate karmic obstructions, and become liberated from reincarnation within the Six Realms.
Those on the Pure Land Path realize that we are iniquitous, ordinary, mortal beings; incapable of cultivating the Sacred Path through our own power. However, we are incredibly fortunate that Amitabha Buddha created the Land of Bliss and the Great Six-Syllable Name for us. Thus, by merely aspiring to be reborn in the Land of Bliss, and exclusively reciting Amitabha’s Name, we are assured of being embraced by Amitabha’s deliverance, and received by him to be reborn in the Land of Bliss near the end-of-life.
That is why, in the Pure Land teaching, this view of sinful offenses and deliverance should be included.
罪惡觀、救度觀
以聖道門來講,是以「無常觀」發「出離心」,之後以自己的力量去修行,期盼以自己的力量消除業障,解脫生死輪迴。
淨土法門是進一步體會到自己是「罪惡生死凡夫」,所有的法門都修不成,無有出離之緣,幸好阿彌陀佛為我們這種造罪眾生建設極樂世界,完成六字洪名,只要願生極樂世界、專稱彌陀佛名,就必定現在蒙受彌陀的救度、臨終往生極樂世界。
所以,淨土法門還要加上「罪惡觀」和「救度觀」。
Namo Amituofo!
