Q and A about Practicing Amitabha-Recitation
Part One - Benefits in the Present Life
第一部分 有關現世利益
Master Medicine Buddha is known as the Buddha that Eradicates Calamities and Extends Longevity. Though I practice Amitabha’s Pure Land teaching, if I want to avoid calamities and extend my longevity, I should recite Master Medicine Buddha’s Name. Is that correct?
Answer: It is not necessary! Amitabha Buddha is also known as the Buddha of Infinite Life ; so, when you exclusively recite Namo Amitabha Buddha, Amitabha will also eradicate calamities and extend longevity. As in the Teaching on Contemplation and Recitation, “Those who recite Namo Amitabha Buddha for rebirth immediately extend their longevity and do not experience the Nine Kinds of Calamities.
Please refer to the accounts related to “rebirth of a woman in Harbin”, which are recorded on Page 254 in the Third Collection of accounts on Amitabha-Recitation.
12問:藥師佛又稱「消災延壽藥師佛」。雖修彌陀淨土法門,欲求消災延壽,必須念藥師佛,對嗎?
答:不必!阿彌陀佛也叫「無量壽佛」,專念阿彌陀佛同樣消災延壽。如《觀念法門》說:「稱念阿彌陀佛願往生者,現生即得延年轉壽,不遭九橫之難。」
《念佛感應錄》第三集254頁「哈爾濱某女往生記」就是實證。
Namo Amituofo!
