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
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Those on the Pure Land Path have already attained the aptitudes and capacities of sacred beings by scrupulously reciting Amitabha’s Name for rebirth in the Land of Bliss. Aspiration for rebirth in the Land of Bliss is the Bodhi Mind of our Pure Land Path. We only accept this Bodhi Mind and no other because, through rebirth in the Land of Bliss, we can become a Buddha, and comprehensively deliver sentient beings. All requirements such as: how we manifest in order to sacrifice ourselves for sentient beings, how we practice the SIx Paramitas, and accumulate a myriad of virtues, are included through rebirth in the Land of Bliss.
So, don’t worry about whether you know enough to deliver sentient beings through sharing the Dharma, or whether you can become a Buddha. You should only focus on being reborn!
我們淨土門就是已經覺悟到自己不是那一種根機、根器,所以只有老老實實地念這一句名號,往生極樂世界。往生極樂世界是我們這個淨土門的菩提心,我們的菩提心不講什麼,就是往生極樂世界,因為往生極樂世界則成佛也在裏面,廣度眾生也在裏面,將來要如何示現為眾生奉獻犧牲,行六度萬行,在往生極樂世界裏面都完全具足了。
所以說,不怕不會說法度眾,只怕不能成佛;不怕不能成佛,只怕不能往生,所以我們只要一心求得往生。
Namo Amituofo!
