Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teaching about the Grace of Deliverance
慧淨法師之救恩法語(二)之愛的心語
31. For the sake of delivering all sentient beings, I arouse the mind of Bodhi.
I vow to protect all sentient beings and never abandon them.
I shall enter those evil realms and, in place of all sentient beings, undergo every kind of suffering, so that they may be liberated.
For the sake of all sentient beings, I shall willingly endure all manner of suffering, enabling them to escape the immeasurable cycle of birth and death.
I would rather endure all these sufferings myself than allow sentient beings to fall into hell.
I shall offer my own body as a pledge, to redeem all sentient beings in the evil realms, enabling them to attain liberation.
I shall rescue and protect all sentient beings according to what is appropriate, enabling them to emerge from birth and death.
I shall liberate sentient beings without ceasing, never stopping, and never growing weary.
(from the Flower Adornment Sutra)
31. 我為救度一切眾生，發菩提心。
我願保護一切眾生，終不棄捨。
我當於彼諸惡道中，代諸眾生受種種苦，令其解脫。
我當普為一切眾生備受眾苦，令其得出無量生死。
我寧獨受如是眾苦，不令眾生墮於地獄。
以身為質，救贖一切惡道眾生，令得解脫。
隨宜救護一切眾生，令出生死。
度脫眾生，常無休息，無有疲厭。《華嚴經》
Namo Amituofo!
