Q and A about Practicing Amitabha-Recitation
Part Three - Assisted-Recitation near the End-of-Life
第三部分 有關臨終助念
Question 32: It is difficult to think clearly near the end-of-life; so, if I just listen to my family members reciting, can I be reborn?
Answer:
Yes, you can! The situation is similar to someone at the lowest level in the low tier.He didn’t have enough energy to focus his mind or think clearly; but, simply listened to his good advisor reciting, and, in a flash, he was reborn! For example, if you don’t know how to write; but, a person guides your hand to write the words. In this way, you can write. A dying person cannot recite the Buddha’s name; but, he can listen to a good advisor reciting one by one. In this way, he can be reborn.
32問:臨終自己意念也有困難,只能跟著人家隨口稱念,能不能往生?
答:能!《觀經》下品下生的人就是這樣,自己一點心力都沒有,不能意業思惟,只能跟著善知識隨口稱念,也得到殊勝往生。比如自己不會寫字,讓會寫字的人把著手寫出來的同樣也是字。臨終人自己的心已不能念佛,跟著善知識一聲一聲口中念佛,也同樣是念佛,同樣往生。
Namo Amituofo!
