Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teaching about the Classification of Teachings – the Two Practices (Primary and Miscellaneous)
正雜二行判
Master Shandao enumerated the Five Primary Practices and the Five Miscellaneous Practices. His purpose was to proactively urge us to give and take, i.e. to give up the Five Miscellaneous Practices and adopt the Five Primary Practices. It is like sorting a pile of money, to determine which is counterfeit and which is real? Master Shandao urged us to discard the counterfeit notes and take home the genuine ones.
For rebirth in the Land of Bliss, the Five Primary Practices are the only - absolute, direct, secured, easy, perfect, and complete practices. Apart from the Five Primary Practices, all other practices are not - easy, direct, secured, perfect, and complete. By Cultivating the Five Primary Practices, our relationship with Amitabha Buddha is intimate and we always think of each other without interruption.
There are many miscellaneous practices. Broadly speaking, they are called the 84,000 teachings. Apart from the Five Primary Practices, all others are miscellaneous practices. Apart from the Five Primary Practices, no matter what the teaching is, it is considered “ non-intimate and distant.”
善導大師在《觀經四帖疏》裏將「五正行」和「五雜行」排列出來,目的是積極地勸導我們去做取捨,也就是捨雜行取正行。就像一堆鈔票,真鈔和假鈔排在一起,說明什麼是真鈔,什麼是假鈔,然後勸導人們取真鈔捨假鈔。
往生極樂世界,唯一的、絕對的、直截的、穩當的、容易的、圓滿的就是這五正行。除了這五正行之外,就不是容易的、直接的、穩當的、圓滿的。修五正行則我們眾生和阿彌陀佛就有親的關係、近的關係,還有憶念不斷、無間的關係。
雜行非常的多,廣泛來說,所謂八萬四千法門,除了五正行以外,其餘都是雜行。五正行之外不管是那一種法門,都名為「疏雜之行」。
Namo Amituofo!
