Master Huijing’s Short Teaching about Pure Land Buddhism (I)
淨土短文 (一)
22. The Samadhi of Amitabha-recitation does not involve stages of spiritual attainment, nor does it proceed step by step through graded levels. In a single leap, we directly enter the Tathagata's Dharma-gate of Ultimate Reality (True Suchness).
As it is said: "It eradicates the deluded thoughts accumulated over countless kalpas, without passing through Asaṃkhyeya eons to attain the Dharma-body."
The Great Treatise states: "Samadhi is simply a Dharma in which the mind is in accord. Dharani is also a Dharma associated with the mind; yet, it also has an aspect not dependent on the mind. This mind-independent aspect means that, when a person has heard and upheld the Dharani, even if anger arises in the mind, it is not lost. It constantly accompanies the person, just as a shadow follows the body."
The Samadhi of Amitabha-recitation is: neither sudden nor gradual, neither provisional nor ultimate, neither meditative concentration nor distraction. Truly, it is a wondrous and inconceivably Great Way.
The Samadhi of Amitabha-recitation is, for all sentient beings:
● A medicine for those burdened by evil karma,
● Protection for those who have broken the precepts,
● A guide for those who have strayed from the path,
● Eyes for those wandering in blindness and darkness,
● Wisdom for the foolish and ignorant,
● And a lamp for those dwelling in darkness.
22.念佛三昧，不涉地位，不落階梯，一超直入如來實相法門。所謂「銷我億劫顛倒想，不歷僧祇獲法身」。
《大論》說：「三昧但是心相應法。陀羅尼亦是心相應，亦是心不相應。是心不相應者，如人得聞持陀羅尼，雖心瞋恚亦不失。常隨人行，如影隨形。」 念佛三昧，非頓非漸，非權非實，非定非散，誠是微妙難思之大道。 念佛三昧，是一切眾生：犯罪者藥，破戒者護，失道者導，盲冥者眼，愚癡者慧 ，黑闇者燈。
Namo Amituofo!
