Basic Knowledge in the Pure Land Teaching
淨土小常識
151. The Inherent Nature, Power, and Function of Amitabha’s Infinite Life and Light
The 12th Vow states: “ If, when I achieve Buddhahood, my light should be limited, or should not illuminate 100,000 Koti Nayuta Buddha-lands, may I not attain perfect enlightenment.”
The 13th Vow states: “If, when I achieve Buddhahood, my life should be limited, or should not last 100,000 Koti Nayuta Kalpas, may I not attain perfect enlightenment.”
“In the future, when I attain Buddhahood, if my light is limited in extent and cannot at the very least illuminate immeasurable hundreds of thousands of billions of Buddha-lands, I will not attain perfect enlightenment.”
“In the future, when I attain Buddhahood, if my lifespan is limited in duration and does not, at the very least, extend beyond immeasurable hundreds of thousands of billions of eons, and eventually comes to an end, I will not attain perfect enlightenment.”
(to be continued tomorrow)
151 無量壽光的體性力用
第十二願說:「設我得佛,光明有限量,下至不照百千億那由他諸佛國者,不取正覺。」
第十三願說:「設我得佛,壽命有限量,下至百千億那由他劫者,不取正覺。」
我將來成佛的時候,光明如果有限量,最低限度達不到照徹無量百千億億佛國的話,我就不取正覺。
我將來成佛的時候,壽命如果有限量,最低限度達不到超過無量百千億億劫,而有窮盡的話,我就不取正覺。
Namo Amituofo!
