Important Knowledge in the Pure Land Teaching
淨土小常識
174 - The Classification of Cause and Effect (3/11)
When Shakyamuni Buddha was in this world, there was a dove that a hunter was about to shoot. The dove suddenly flew into the Buddha’s robe and immediately felt a deep sense of safety. This is the Buddha’s giving of fearlessness.
What is the result of giving fearlessness? It allows a person to live in peace and security, without fear and free from being startled.
The practice of patience results in a dignified, upright, beautiful, and majestic appearance.
The Larger Sutra of Immeasurable Life precisely describes the causal process and resulting fruition of Amitabha Buddha. It explains how, in his causal stage, Bodhisattva Dharmākara practiced step by step. Upon attaining the fruition of Buddhahood, his Land of Ultimate Bliss, spiritual powers, and virtues came to be. All of this is an exposition of cause and effect, and it all belongs to transcendent cause and effect.
174 因果的分類 (續 3 /11)
佛在世的時候，有一隻鴿子，獵人正準備射擊牠，這隻鴿子一下就跑到佛的衣服裡，牠就能感覺到特別安穩。這就是佛的無畏布施。
無畏布施得到的果是什麼？就會讓一個人過得很安穩，沒有驚怖，不驚不怖，不受驚嚇。
忍辱，能得端正的果，漂亮莊嚴。
《無量壽經》就是在講阿彌陀佛因緣果報的過程，講因地的法藏菩薩是怎麼一步步修行的，然後在果地上成佛之後，他的極樂世界是怎麼樣的，他自己有什麼樣的神通道力。這就是在講因果的，這些都是出世間的因果。
Namo Amituofo!
