Pure Land Patriarch - Master Daochuo
道綽大師
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It is the same for all practitioners who are learning Buddhism, and it is the same for them to aim at realizing the “fruit”. However, one way is painful and the other is painless ; one way is difficult and the other is easy. Actually, it is the purpose of this book - the Collection on Peace and Joy: to eliminate suffering and render happiness, to give up the difficult path and take the easy one, to discard self-power and take refuge in other-power, to set aside the Sacred Gate and enter the Pure Land Gate. Thus it says, “Only by entering the Pure Land Gate can we enter”. It is also verified in the Sutra and says, “why not give up the difficult practices and follow the easy one on the Way. “
同樣都在學佛,同樣都以證果為目的,然而一者苦一者樂,一者難一者易;拔苦與樂,捨難取易,拋自力歸他力,擱聖道門入淨土門,正是本書(《安樂集》)之目的,故說「唯有淨土一門可通入路」,又說:「經教既爾,何不捨難依易行道矣!」
Namo Amituofo!
