Wonderful Metaphors in the Pure Land School
淨土宗妙喻
Metaphor 31: Travel by Flight
All passengers, whether rich or poor, the president of a nation or its common civilians, as long as they board the plane, will arrive at their destination at the same time.
Amitabha Buddha is like an airplane. He does not differentiate between his passengers, using anything but their tickets. As long as you have the ticket known as the six-character Name (Namo Amitabha Buddha), you will have no problem getting aboard. Without that ticket, you won’t be able to board. Thus, Amitabha’s deliverance is available for all sentient beings without discrimination.
31. 乘機喻
又好像人不論貴賤，不管是總統還是尋常老百姓，只要登上飛機，同樣都 能到達目的地。
阿彌陀佛這架飛機，是不簡別對象的，只看你有沒有六字「南無阿彌陀 佛」的機票，有這張機票就能登上飛機，沒有這張機票就不能登上飛機。所以 ，這一點是不簡任何眾生。
Namo Amituofo!
