Clarifying Doubts About the Pure Land (I)
淨土釋疑(一)
Question 34: What the Dharma Master just explained is that the World-Honored One instructed Venerable Ānanda to diligently recite “Namo Amitabha Buddha.” Is my understanding correct that , once we receive the majestic power, merits, and benefits of reciting Namo Amitabha Buddha “up to ten times”, the lotus has already opened and the lotus rebirth is accomplished? In other words, just as I am now, have I already been saved?
Answer to Q34:
Yes. Aspire for rebirth and recite Namo Amitabha Buddha—the moment you do this, you are saved. This is true at any time and in any place.
34問：剛才法師所講的，就是世尊囑咐阿難尊者，好好稱念「南無阿彌陀佛」這 句名號。我理解法師所講的：領受這句南無阿彌陀佛的威神功德利益，是不是 就像您所說的，我現在就是「乃至十念」的稱念，就已經華落蓮成？這樣，就 我這個樣子，現在就已經被救了，是這個樣子嗎？
答： 是，願生稱名，當下領受，當下被救，何時都是被救之時，何地都是被救之地。
Namo Amituofo!
