Wonderful Metaphors used in the Pure Land School
淨土宗妙喻
Eight Wonderful Metaphors about Amitabha’s Unconditional Deliverance - by Master Huijing (continued)
3D. Amitabha-Recitation is Like Making a Phone Call
To recite Amitabha’s name is like making a call on a cell phone. No matter who makes the call or in what way it is made, provided that the number dialed is correct, it will be connected. To recite “Namo Amitabha Buddha” is like dialing the right number to reach the Buddha. This is the way to connect with Amitabha in order to guarantee our rebirth to the Land of Bliss. Not practicing Amitabha-recitation is like switching off our phone or dialing the wrong number. We get no signal, no matter how hard we try. Without the connection to the Buddha, it is difficult for us to be reborn in the Pure Land.
3D. 佛無條件救度妙喻之 - 手機喻
念佛如撥打手機,無論何人,無論何種方法,只要按對號碼,即能與對方接通。念南無阿彌陀佛即是與佛接通,與佛相通,得生極樂;若不念佛,則如有手機不開機,或者撥錯號碼,無論如何用功,則信號不通,亦不能與佛相感,難入淨土。
Namo Amituofo!
