Basic Knowledge in the Pure Land Teaching
淨土小常識
132. The Most Honored Name of Ultimate, Perfect, and Harmonious Virtue
The six-character Name “Namo Amituofo” is honored as the Name of Myriad, Perfect, Complete, and Harmonious Virtues.
“Perfect ”means the opposite of “separate from each other”(as an independent element). Hence, “perfect” in this case, means that it “permeates everywhere” fully and completely, without any obstructions. Just like a full moon, its light is perfect and flawless.
Amitabha Buddha’s Name contains the myriad virtues Dharmakara accumulated through countless practices. Thus, it is the Name with full, complete, perfect, and flawless virtues.
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132 圓融至德嘉號
「南無阿彌陀佛」六字名號,被尊為「萬德洪名」,亦被讚歎為「圓滿德號」、「圓融至德嘉號」。
「圓」者,是對隔歷之言。相互隔離,各自成一單元者稱「隔歷」;而「圓」乃是圓滿周遍,融通無所障礙。圓滿即滿而無缺,如十五夜之月亮,稱為圓月或滿月,光明絲毫無缺。
阿彌陀佛之名號,是法藏菩薩因位之萬行、果位之萬德,所有六度萬行無量無邊之善根功德,此之萬善萬德圓滿無缺之名號,此謂之圓。
Namo Amituofo!
