Master Huijing’s Short Teaching about Pure Land Buddhism (I)
淨土短文 (一)
16. The Four Non-Retrogressions refer to four kinds of spiritual states or levels from which one will no longer fall back:
1. Non-Retrogression in Abiding
A Bodhisattva who has reached the seventh stage or above within the Ten Abodes, will not fall back to the levels of the Two Vehicles—Sravakas and Pratyekabuddhas.
2. Non-Retrogression in Practice
A Bodhisattva who has reached the seventh of the Ten Grounds will not regress from the practices he has cultivated.
3. Non-Retrogression in Mindfulness
A Bodhisattva of the eighth ground or above naturally and unwaveringly progresses toward the Buddha Path. Even without deliberate effort, the aspiration toward Buddhahood does not waver.
4. Non-Retrogression in Place
One who is reborn in the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha immediately attains the State of Non-Retrogression.
16. 四不退：不退失四種地位、境地。
(一)住不退：十住位之第七住以上之菩薩，不退轉至聲聞、緣覺之二乘境地。
(二)行不退：十地中之第七地菩薩，不從其所修之行退轉。
(三)念不退：第八地以上菩薩，雖不特別精進，進入佛道之念，自然不動。
(四)處不退：往生彌陀淨土，則得不退轉。
Namo Amituofo!
