Pure Land Patriarch - Master Daochuo
道綽大師
The demarcation of the Sacred and the Pure Land teachings : Whether the time /era is favorable or unfavorable, whether the aptitude /capacity matches, and whether the teaching is aligned with our way of thinking. The Buddhist teachings are divided into the Sacred Path and the Pure Land Path based on the above.
On the Sacred Path, a practitioner has to rely on his own power, to practice the Six Paramitas and accumulate a myriad of virtues in the Land of Saha; in order to cut off all delusions, and realize the ultimate truths. Only then can we join the sacred assembly and attain the fruits as our reward.
On the Pure Land Path, a practitioner has to be reborn in the Pure Land with recourse to Amitabha’s vow power. Only there can he cut off all delusions, realize the ultimate truths, and enter the Bodhi Way.
(to be continued tomorrow)
聖淨二門判:就「時」之利不利與「機」之堪不堪而思惟相應的「教法」,將一代佛教分判為聖道門與淨土門兩種。
「聖道門」是依自己的力量,在此娑婆修六度萬行,以斷惑證真,入聖得果。
「淨土門」是乘彌陀願力,往生淨土,在淨土斷惑證真,趣入菩提。
Namo Amituofo!
