Basic Knowledge in the Pure Land Teaching
淨土小常識
132. The Most Honored Name of Ultimate, Perfect, and Harmonious Virtue (continued)
The following are quotations from Shakyamuni Buddha and the Pure Land
patriarchs as evidence:
“Amitabha Buddha’s Name is composed of six characters. It includes a myriad of virtues accumulated through his cultivation for countless eons; so, those who recite it will attain enormous benefits.”
“If I orally recite Amitabha Buddha’s Name even once, I will have sufficient boundless merits and virtues from the cause to the effect.”
“All Buddhas imbue their names with virtues; so, by reciting a Buddha’s name we can receive his virtues. These virtues can eradicate offenses and render blessings.”
“Through even one recitation of Amitabha’s Name, a myriad of virtues are immediately received. Thus, the offenses accumulated during many eons will disappear, and blessings become as abundant as the stars in the sky.”
(to be continued tomorrow)
132 圓融至德嘉號 (續)
引證佛言祖語如下:
•佛名乃是積劫薰修,攬其萬德,總彰四字,是故稱之,獲益非淺。
──戒度大師
•今若以我心口,稱念一佛嘉號,則從因至果,無量功德,無不具足。
──用欽大師
•諸佛皆德施名,稱名即稱德,德能滅罪生福,名亦如是。
──法位大師
•一稱嘉號,萬德齊彰;罪銷塵劫,福等虛空。
──大佑大師
Namo Amituofo!
