Master Huijing’s Short Teaching about Pure Land Buddhism (I)
淨土短文 (一)
19. “Just as with the meaning of the Name”: Amitabha’s Name possesses inconceivably wondrous liberating power.
If one's faith does not align with the meaning and function of the Name, then that faith is incomplete.
Amitabha-recitation ultimately removes all doubts regarding the Buddha's function of saving sentient beings. Therefore, it can dispel the darkness of ignorance and fulfill all aspirations.
To be in accord with the meaning of Namo Amitabha Buddha is called true and genuine practice. It is like accepting someone as your "Father". Before doing that you should know the father's heart. Knowing the father's possessions, one realizes that they are also the child's possessions.
If one does not practice in accordance with reality, it means that faith is not complete.
If one is not in accord with the meaning of Namo Amitabha Buddha, it means that our understanding is not complete.
When faith is joyful and one practices in accordance with reality, faith is complete. When one hears the Name and is in accord with its meaning, hearing is complete.
(to be continued tomorrow)
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如彼名「義」：作用，名號妙用。信與名義不相應則是錯誤之信。 念佛：念佛之救度眾生之功能而無疑，故能破闇滿願。
與名義相應，即是如實修行，如口稱父親，當知父心，知父物則我物。 不如實修行相應：信不具足；與名義不相應：聞不具足。
信心歡喜，如實修行故，信具足。聞其名號，與名義相應，聞具足。
Namo Amituofo!
