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 54: When Amitabha Buddha comes to receive those who recite Namo Amitabha Buddha, does he come by himself, or does he come accompanied by Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva?
Answer: As stated in the Amitabha Sutra, Amitabha Buddha comes together with Avalokitesvara, Mahasthamaprapta, and a host of holy beings to welcome the practitioner. However, depending on each person’s karmic conditions, what is seen differs: some see only the Buddha but not the Bodhisattvas, some see the Bodhisattvas but not the Buddha, some see only a few holy beings, some see many, and some see only the lotus flower or the radiant light.
54問：阿彌陀佛接引念佛人時，是自己來還是有觀世音菩薩、大勢至菩 薩隨行？
答：如《阿彌陀經》說：阿彌陀佛攜同觀音、勢至及諸聖眾同來迎接。但 隨人因緣不同，所見有種種不同：有人只見佛不見菩薩，有人只見菩薩不 見佛，有人見少聖眾，有人見多聖眾，有人只見蓮花、光明。
Namo Amituofo!
