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 58 : A person in a coma looks very much like one who is dead—unmoving, unable to speak, unable to see or hear. How is it that giving them guidance and reciting Namo Amitabha Buddha can still lead them to rebirth in the Pure Land?
Answer: Although the outward appearance is unconscious, the mind-consciousness is not. If we give them guidance and recite Namo Amitabha Buddha , they still understand. If they follow the recitation and aspire to be born in the Pure Land, they will certainly attain rebirth.
58 問：昏迷同死，不動不語，無見無聞，為什麼為他開示念佛也能往生？
答：外相雖迷，神識不迷，如果為他開示念佛，他依然明瞭。若他隨著念 佛、願生淨土，也必往生。
Namo Amituofo!
