Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teaching about the Classification of Teachings – the Two Practices (Primary and Miscellaneous)
正雜二行判
“The establishment of faith in regard to practice” means “exclusive recitation of the Buddha’s Name”.
This “practice”(exclusive recitation of Amitabha’s Name) is the karma of assurance. “Assured” and “not-assured” are relative terms. If “exclusive recitation of Amitabha Buddha’s Name” is the karma of assurance, then all other practices are forms of supportive karma. These are not fully assured practices, though they are more valuable than those that are “not assured”.
Why do I say this? If we exclusively recite Namo Amitabha Buddha, we are assured of rebirth, due to the embrace of Amitabha’s light in this lifetime. If the recitations are mixed with the other four supportive karmas, we may mistakenly believe that we must combine the effects of all five Primary Practices in order to attain assured rebirth. This belief needlessly increases the degree of difficulty.
(to be continued tomorrow)
「就行立信」意在「專稱佛名」。
「就行」之「行」即是導歸於「正定業」的專稱佛名,「定」跟「不定」是相對待的,專稱佛名既然是正定業,若不是歸於正定業而是其他助業,就有不定的可能;不過,當然「定」的成份是比較多的。
怎麼講?如果專念「南無阿彌陀佛」這句名號,那是必定往生的,因為現生就已經被彌陀佛光明攝取,但若摻雜其他四種正行,在心念當中以為必須有五種正行的功行加起來才可以往生,不然就不能往生,這樣會增加困難性。
Namo Amituofo!
