Voice of Master Jingzong - Q and A about the Purpose of Life
淨宗之聲 - 人生目的問答
(continuation of Q6 - 3/3)
The third and most important one, in terms of rebirth, is to recite Namo Amituofo! The meaning of “Namo Amituofo” is to take refuge in Amitabha Buddha, the Buddha of Infinite Life and Infinite Light, who can deliver sentient beings perfectly and completely.
Our life can be: short, dark, distorted, imperfect, and incomplete, with many shortcomings and deficiencies.
When we take refuge in Amitabha, we are like drops of water returning to the sea. When a drop of water is on land or in the air, it may evaporate and disappear. In contrast, when this drop of water returns to the sea, it will be as deep and vast as the sea.
You say you are not happy with your present life; but, if you become the same as Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, Manjusri Bodhisattva, or Amitabha Buddha, you will be incredibly satisfied and happy forever!!!
This concept is profound. So, I hope you form a karmic connection and explore it a bit more deeply in the future.
◇ 第三,最重要的,就是念南無阿彌陀佛。
“南無阿彌陀佛”的意思就是歸命具有無量光明和無量壽命,覺悟、救度眾生的圓滿的佛陀。
我們的生命怎麼樣都是短暫的、黑暗的、扭曲的,不是究竟圓滿的,而是有種種的殘缺和不足。
如果我們歸命于阿彌陀佛無量光明和無量壽命的佛的生命,就像一滴水歸投大海一樣——一滴水遲早要干的,歸到大海,它就會跟大海一樣深、一樣廣,一樣具有波濤。
你說“對自己這輩子非常不滿意”,如果你能跟觀世音菩薩一樣,跟文殊菩薩一樣,跟阿彌陀佛一樣,相信一定就非常滿意了。
方法很簡單,就是念南無阿彌陀佛往生西方極樂世界。
這個道理要深講的話,就太深太廣了。希望你有機緣去進一步瞭解這一方面。
Namo Amituofo!
