Voice of Master Jingzong - Q and A about the Purpose of Life
淨宗之聲 - 人生目的問答
(continuation of the answer to Q12 - 3/3)
Can we escape the bondage of reincarnation in this life? Wouldn’t we need perfect wisdom and compassion similar to Guanyin Bodhisattva? How can we ignorant ordinary beings accomplish this?
Is it possible by relying only on ourselves in daily life? No, it is almost impossible!
For that reason, isn’t it wonderful to have the Pure Land teaching and the recitation of Namo Amituofo? Without greatly disrupting our daily lives, we only need to aspire to be reborn in the Pure Land, and exclusively recite Amitabha’s Name as often as we can. In so doing, we are protected by Amitabha’s light, and received by the Buddha and bodhisattvas within a lotus flower when we are near our time of death. Once reborn in Amitabha’s Pure Land we will transcend reincarnation within the Three Domains forever and realize unsurpassed Nirvana.
Buddhism does not just point out that life contains suffering and the matter of birth-and-death is of great importance. It provides countless teachings to deal with these issues. Among them, Amitabha-recitation is the easiest, simplest, and the most splendid.
This teaching doesn't just resolve our own problems, it can also resolve those of our parents, spouses, children, siblings and friends. Just share this wonderful teaching with them. The ultimate blessings in life and the ultimate truth of the universe are within the six-character Name - Namo Amituofo!
如果在這一生當中,能夠突破生死輪迴的繫縛,就像觀世音菩薩一樣,圓通自在,這人生大事不就完成了嗎?那麼如何解決這件大事呢?
靠我們自己這一生,還要在這個世間吃喝拉撒,幾乎不可能解決。好在有淨土法門,專念南無阿彌陀佛,既不影響在這個世間所謂的大事,你仍然去辦,你只要真心願生淨土,隨忙隨閒、早早晚晚念這句佛號,那麼現生得彌陀光明護佑,臨終得佛菩薩持蓮花來迎,一旦到淨土,永遠超越三界輪迴,證悟無上涅槃。
佛教不光指出人生是苦、生死事大,方法也有,有八萬四千法門,但在這當中最簡易、最殊勝的,就是念佛法門。
這個法門不光能解決我們自身的生死大事,跟我們有緣的父母、夫妻、父子、兄弟、朋友,只要告訴他們,這麼簡便、這麼容易的法門,大家都可以解決生死大事,這是多麼好的一個法門。
人生究竟的幸福、宇宙究竟的真理,就在“南無阿彌陀佛”這六個字裡。
Namo Amituofo!
