Common Knowledge in Pure Land Teaching
淨土小常識
Quickly Be Reborn in my Buddhaland
The Adornment Sutra says, “All beings in the various realms of reincarnation come to be reborn in my land and receive the fullness of joy!”
“Various realms” refer to the Six Realms. “All beings in the various realms of reincarnation” are sentient beings who reincarnate within the Six Realms.
This means that Amitabha hopes that reincarnated sentient beings will wish to go to the Land of Bliss after their present lives, so he can relieve them from the suffering of reincarnation within the Six Realms, and enjoy the Buddha’s rewards of freedom, peace and joy.
“My Buddha-land (‘Buddha-kshetra”) refers to the Land of Bliss, which is Amitabha Buddha’s world. Amitabha enables us to be reborn in his world of perfection. “Quickly reborn” means to be reborn as soon as our present lives are finished.
速生我剎
《莊嚴經》言:
輪迴諸趣眾生類,速生我剎受快樂。
「諸趣」就是六道,「輪迴諸趣眾生類」就是輪迴六道的眾生。
「速生我剎受快樂」,希望輪迴的眾生今生今世就到極樂世界去,不受六道輪迴之苦,能
夠享受自在、安樂的佛果。
「我剎」就是極樂世界,極樂世界是佛的世界,阿彌陀佛要我們往生到這樣 一個世界, 而且「速生」── 今生今世就到這個世界。
Namo Amituofo!
