Dec. 21, 2024
Wonderful Metaphors in the Pure Land School
淨土宗妙喻
Metaphor 20: A Rock Kalpa
A “Rock Kalpa” refers to an incredibly long time. Try visualizing a celestial being with inconceivable longevity. Once every hundred years a celestial being with inconceivable longevity gently brushes a monolith with her soft thin garment. The monolith is 40 kilometers long, wide, and high. She does this until the giant rock is totally eroded. Yet, still this kalpa does not come to its end, even after the rock is completely gone. Such is the length of this kalpa. It is mind boggling!
20. 磐石劫喻
「磐石劫」就是有一塊大石頭,高是四十公里,長也四十公里,寬也四十公里,也就是一塊四十公里正方的石頭,每一百年有長壽天人用很輕柔、很細的天衣,輕輕地在它上面劃一遍,每一百年劃一遍,一直劃到這塊石頭都沒有了,這個劫還沒有完。你看劫就這麼漫長,想起來就讓我們驚心動魄。
Namo Amituofo!
