Important Knowledge in the Pure Land Teaching
淨土小常識
179. What Kind of Pure Land Is the Land of Bliss? (2/3)
Transformation birth:
Because one relies upon the Buddha’s Vow, the enjoyment of all the adornments of that land and its beings is equal and without distinction. Therefore it is called the Reward Land.
Womb birth:
Because of doubt regarding the Buddha’s wisdom, one is reborn in the lotus palace, like being inside a womb. By analogy, this is referred to as a Transformation Land.
As practitioners who rely on faith, vow, and the exclusive recitation of Namo Amitabha Buddha; although we respect the viewpoints of great patriarchs from other traditions, we should clearly understand that according to our scriptures, those reborn in the Pure Land are simply of two kinds:
(1) Transformation birth in the Reward Land, and
(2) Womb birth that is likened to a Transformation Land.
(to be continued tomorrow)
179 極樂世界是什麼樣的淨土？(2 /3)
化生：託佛願故，一切依正莊嚴的受用平等無別，稱為報土。 胎生：因疑惑佛智，往生於蓮宮，如在胎中，比喻為化土。
身為信願念佛人，雖然尊重他宗祖師大德的觀點，但應如實了知，淨土宗 念佛往生者與所生佛土，依經典所述，就是報土化生，以及喻為化土胎生二 種而已。
Namo Amituofo!
