May 4 2022

May 4, 2022

Master Yinguang’s Short Teaching about The Conclusive Return to the Pure Land School

印光大師法語「歸宗結頂」之文

(continued)

Pure Land is a teaching that fuses the Three Vehicles and the Five Natures. It enables the practitioner to realize the eternal truth.

It also leads both sacred and ordinary beings to the other shore.

That is why all sentient beings of the Nine Realms return to the Pure Buddha-land and all of the Buddhas in the ten directions unanimously praise Amitabha Buddha.

It is explained in thousands of Sutras, and is expounded in millions of Shastras.

So, we can truly conclude that Pure Land is the ultimate teaching in this era and the greatest teaching of the Unsurpassed One Vehicle. Those who have not planted many virtuous roots are unable to encounter it even after many eons.

Now that we have the chance to see and hear this teaching, we should practice it diligently.

匯三乘五性,總證真常; 導上聖下凡,同登彼岸。

故得:九界咸歸,十方共讚;千經並闡,萬論均宣。

誠可謂: 一代時教之極談,一乘無上之大教也。

不植德本,歷劫難逢; 既獲見聞,當勤修習。

Namo Amituofo!

May 3 2022

May 3, 2022

Master Yinguang’s Short Teaching about The Conclusive Return to the Pure Land School

印光大師法語「歸宗結頂」之文

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That is why:

All of the ocean-like assemblies in the Flower Adornment Sutra abide by the King of the Ten Great Vows.

Through the practice of the single recitation of the Name of the Buddha ( as taught in the Lotus Sutra), all practitioners can awaken to the Real Mark of all Dharmas.

This is the most supreme and expedient practice, as stated by Asvaghosa Bodhisattva, in his Shastra on Bringing Forth Faith in the Mahayana.

This is the Easy Path which empowers one to complete the Way quickly, as stated by Nagarjuna Bodhisattva in the Dasabhumika Vibhasa Sastra.

After the Buddha entered Nirvana, the Great Master Zhizhe taught the Shastra on the Ten Doubts, and resolutely pursued rebirth in the Western Land.

The Great Master Yongming, who was a manifestation of Amitabha Buddha, wrote the Four Selected Matters, and recited the Buddha’s Name for the remainder of his life.

(to be continued tomorrow)

是以:《華嚴》海眾,盡遵十大願王;

《法華》一稱,悉證諸法實相。

最勝方便之行,馬鳴示於《起信》;

易行疾至之道,龍樹闡於《婆沙》。

釋迦後身之智者,說《十疑論》而專志西方;

彌陀示現之永明,著《四料簡》而終身念佛。

Namo Amituofo!

May 2 2022

May 2, 2022

Master Yinguang’s Short Teaching about The Conclusive Return to the Pure Land School

印光大師法語「歸宗結頂」之文

(continued)

Without cutting off the karma of delusion,

One will arrive at the stage of Becoming Buddha after One More Life.

One will attain the assurance of perfect Bodhi (Enlightenment), in his present life.

If sentient beings in the nine realms do not follow the Pure Land teaching, they will be unable to complete the Buddha way.

If the Buddhas in the ten directions renounce this teaching, they will be unable to fully benefit all ordinary beings.

(to be continued tomorrow)

不斷惑業,得預補處;即此一生,圓滿菩提。

九界眾生離是門,上不能圓成佛道;

十方諸佛捨此法,下不能普利群萌。

Namo Amituofo!

May 1 2022

May 1, 2022

Master Yinguang’s Short Teaching about The Conclusive Return to the Pure Land School

印光大師法語「歸宗結頂」之文

(continued)

All of the side teachings, round teachings, sudden teachings, or gradual teachings, flow from the Pure Land Dharma Realm. All of the practices of the Great Vehicle, Small Vehicle, expedient teachings, and real teachings, will return to this Dharma Realm.

(to be continued tomorrow)

偏圓頓漸一切法,無不從此法界流;

大小權實一切行,無不還歸此法界。

Namo Amituofo!

April 30 2022

Apr 30, 2022

Master Yinguang’s Short Teaching about The Conclusive Return to the Pure Land School

印光大師法語「歸宗結頂」之文

(continued)

This teaching is suitable for people with all varieties of virtuous roots - supreme, medium and inferior. It also encompasses all Buddhist schools, such as Chan (meditation), Vinaya (precepts) and doctrinal (sutra studies).

It is similar to the rain that can moisten all living beings. It is also like a great ocean that takes in water from all rivers.

(to be continued tomorrow)

普被上中下根,統攝律教禪宗。

如時雨之潤物,如大海之納川。

Namo Amituofo!

April 29 2022

Apr 29, 2022

Master Yinguang’s Short Teaching about The Conclusive Return to the Pure Land School

印光大師法語「歸宗結頂」之文

Isn’t it wonderful, Pure Land is truly a teaching! In this teaching, by the time your mind thinks of the Buddha, your mind instantly becomes the Buddha. Those who point straight to their minds, as in the practice of Chan, are considered to be less specific. (as compared to Pure Land teachings) In this teaching, by the time you call Amitabha’s Name, the Name instantly becomes Amitabha Buddha. Those who practice the realization of the Way through many eons are considered to have fewer benefits and achievements [as compared to the former circumstance].

(to be continued tomorrow)

大矣哉!淨土法門之為教也。

是心作佛,是心是佛,直指人心者,猶當遜其奇特;

即念念佛,即念成佛,歷劫修證者,益宜挹其高風。

Namo Amituofo!

April 22 2022

Apr 22, 2022

Master Yinguang’s Short Teaching about The Conclusive Return to the Pure Land School

印光大師法語「歸宗結頂」之文

This teaching of Pure Land is the Dharani for all Buddhas in the ten directions and the three periods of time, who accomplish Buddhahood above and transform all sentient beings below, all the way through, from the beginning to the end of the Buddha’s Path.

淨土一法,乃十方三世一切諸佛,上成佛道,下化眾生,成始成終之總持法門。

Namo Amituofo!

April 11 2022

Apr 11, 2022

Master Yinguang’s Short Teaching about The Conclusive Return to the Pure Land School

印光大師法語「歸宗結頂」之文

Pure Land is the summit teaching that all Buddhist teachings return to as their source.

This teaching of Amitabha-recitation for rebirth is the foremost path for all sentient beings to leave the cycle of birth-and-death.

Actually, it is the supreme teaching for all bodhisattvas to quickly attain perfect Enlightenment and become Buddhas.

淨土法門,乃一切諸法歸宗結頂之法。

念佛往生一法:乃一切眾生,速出生死之第一要道;

實一切諸佛,疾成正覺之最上法門。

Namo Amituofo!