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: Is it always better to have more people participating in assisted recitation ?
Answer: Not necessarily. For group-based assisted recitation, having six to eight people in a team is sufficient. Fewer people often leads to better coordination, while too many can result in disorder. The environment for assisted recitation requires mental focus and chanting Amitabha Buddha’s Name in unison. There should be no idle chatter, no unnecessary entering and exiting, or disturbances such as fans or noises from other controllable sources.
47 問：助念的蓮友是不是越多越好？
答：不一定。分班助念，一班有六、七、八個人足矣。人少往往統一，人多 每每雜亂。助念的現場要求精神專注，佛號整齊，不要有閒話雜語，也不 要人來人往地走動，電風扇等機器搖動、聲響等都儘量避免。
Namo Amituofo!
