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
The Sacred Path requires those who follow it to return to the Land of Saha life after life; in order to come across the opportunity to learn Buddhism, practice the Six Paramitas and a myriad of virtues life after life, even if you sacrifice your head, brain and eyes. This is called the Sacred Path.
So, those who follow the Sacred Path must possess the characteristics and aptitudes of sacred beings like Shakyamuni Buddha, who fed the eagle with his flesh and the tiger with his body, in order to accomplish the Buddhist Way. He sacrificed his life to a Yasha, and jumped from a cliff, in pursuit of half a Buddhist verse.
(to be continued tomorrow)
聖道門的定義是,生生世世要在娑婆世界保持人身,遇到佛緣而學佛的,且生生世世當中都要廣修六度萬行,即使奉獻了頭目腦血的話,也應該甘之如飴,這個才是聖道門。
所以修持聖道門要有聖人的根器,就像釋迦牟尼佛為了成就佛道,生生世世以來,曾經割肉餵鷹、捨身餵虎;為了求佛法得半偈,也從雪山跳下來,犧牲給羅剎。
Namo Amituofo!
