General Confusion and Misunderstandings by Amitabha-Reciters in regard to Rebirth - By Master Jingzong
淨宗法師談念佛人的糊塗認識
# 9 – “You have to be mindful of the Buddha with a non-inverted mind, then you will be received by Amitabha Buddha, and be reborn”. Is this true?
Comment:
No, this is incorrect. People reverse the sequence in reading the Sutra. The Amitabha Sutra says, “When that person approaches the point of death, Amitabha Buddha and the sacred assembly will appear before him. When death comes, his mind will not be severely confused.”
So, his mind is not severely confused because of the appearance of Amitabha Buddha and the sacred beings. In other words, Amitabha-recitation during our lives is the cause, and the appearance of Amitabha Buddha and the sacred beings near the end-of-life is the effect. The appearance of Amitabha Buddha and the sacred beings near the end-of-life is the cause, and the mind not being severely confused is the effect.
Exclusive Amitabha-reciters need not worry whether “their minds will be severely confused”, as Amitabha Buddha will enable us to have minds that are not severely confused or inverted.
淨宗法師 - 念佛人的糊塗認識
其九:“念佛要念到心不顛倒,阿彌陀佛才來接我,我才能往生。” 是嗎?
答:
不是這回事情,這個是把經文的次第關係就顛倒了。《阿彌陀經》裏說的臨終心不顛倒是因聖眾現前。
即:平生專持佛名是因,臨終佛聖現前是果;臨終佛聖現前是因,命終心不顛倒是果。專修念佛的人,不要怕“心不顛倒”,阿彌陀佛有辦法讓我們心不顛倒。
Namo Amituofo!
