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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What is the Bodhi Mind in the Pure Land Path? In the Pure Land Path, the mind that aspires to be reborn in the Land of Bliss is the Bodhi Mind. If we cannot be reborn in the Land of Bliss, and instead say “I have to aspire to the Bodhi Mind in this world and practice the Bodhisattva teachings” for my entire life”, it is impossible. For instance, if someone teases your husband, you cannot sleep well; or if someone is attracted to your wife, you become uneasy. If we can’t even handle such simple daily occurrences, how can we believe we can practice the Bodhisattva teachings life after life?
那麼淨土門的菩提心是什麼呢?在淨土門中,願生極樂世界之心就是菩提心。我們如果不能夠到極樂世界,在這一輩子說要發菩提心行菩薩道,那是不可能的。只要人家對妳的先生拋媚眼,妳就睡不著覺了;或是人家對你的太太有意思,自己就開始提防了,還談什麼生生世世行菩薩道?
Namo Amituofo!
