Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teaching about the Classification of Teachings – the Two Practices (Primary and Miscellaneous)
正雜二行判
“Assured Karma” and “Supportive Karma” also bear the meanings of king and officer, master and servant. Name-recitation is the master, the others, such as prostration are the servants. It is like when a dragon moves, clouds follow; or, when a king arrives , his officers follow and serve him.
However, if people believe that single-minded exclusive recitation is not sufficient for birth in the Pure Land, and “supportive karma” needs to be done in addition; the mind of “self-power” is involved, and these are considered “miscellaneous practices”.
This is because these practitioners do not thoroughly understand that, within assured and supportive karma, there is actually the relationship of real and expedient. If a practitioner believes their practice is equal, it will be said, “Though there are no miscellaneous practices in exclusive cultivation, there are miscellaneous cultivations within the cultivation of the primary practices.”
「正助」亦有君臣、主伴之義,以稱名為主位,禮誦等隨順之,因而分為正助,恰如龍動雲隨、君來臣侍的風貌。
然倘若以為一心專念不足以往生,須助業補足之,因而五種正行兼修,以求往生,這很明顯地帶有自力,古德謂之「助正兼行之雜修」,亦謂之「助正間雜之雜心」。
這是由於未通達助正有方便與真實的關係而將兩者並重的兼修之,故說「雖無修雜行的專修,卻有修正行的雜修」。
Namo Amituofo!
