Pure Land Patriarch - Master Daochuo
道綽大師
(continued)
It is because the practices of the Sacred Path mainly emphasize interpretation and understanding through wisdom, which are included in the karmic practice. So, when the understanding is shallow, the practice is deficient. If the practice is deficient, they will not achieve realization. This is why the Buddha says, “In the Dharma-Ending Era , not a single person can attain enlightenment or realization.
In the Pure Land teaching, listening to the Three Sutras is the “teaching”, and believing in the Other-Power is the “principle” ; exclusive name-recitation is the “practice”, and attaining rebirth and becoming a Buddha are the “realizations”.
(to be continued tomorrow)
因為聖道門之行以「智解」為主,而此智解是包含「行業」的,故「解微」便是「行缺」,行缺則「證無」;因此佛說「末法時中,未有一人得證者」。
而淨土門聞三經之「教」,信他力之「理」,依稱名之「行」,得往生成佛之「果」。
Namo Amituofo!
