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 61: If a person did not recite Namo Amitabha Buddha during his/her life , can they attain rebirth through assisted recitation after death?
Answer to Q61: Yes! Although the physical body has decayed, the consciousness does not perish. On the contrary, it becomes even more aware than in ordinary life. As long as one follows the guidance given, recites Namo Amitabha Buddha , and willingly accepts rebirth, there is no one who will not attain rebirth.
This is confirmed by cases such as Zhang Wangmian (p. 346), Shen Songliang (p. 348), and Zhu Bifa (p. 366) in Records of Responses to Buddha-Recitation, Volume Three.
61問：生前不曾念佛，死後助念能往生嗎？
答：能！肉體雖壞，神識不死，比平時更靈敏，只要隨開示念佛、願意往生 ，無不往生。《念佛感應錄》第三集第346頁張王免、第348頁沈松亮、第366 頁朱必發等，皆是其證。
Namo Amituofo!
