Dec 6 2018

Dec 6, 2018
Master Huijing’s Short Teachings on Deep Faith in Aptitude and Teaching
機法深信

Having two kinds of deep belief( in aptitude and in teachings) is determinant faith, Vajra faith, and unchanging faith. If it can change, it means you have no deep belief in aptitude or in teachings. If you have no deep belief in aptitude, you must have no deep belief in teachings. If you have no deep belief in teachings, you must have no deep belief in aptitude.

These two kinds of deep belief are actually one entity. If you have deep belief in aptitude, you have deep belief in teachings. If you believe in aptitude; but, don’t believe in teachings, your belief in aptitude is not counted. It is just a view on offenses in general.

有了機法兩種深信就是信心決定，就是金剛信，不會再改變，不管是深、淺或心的感受如何，都算是深信。會改變，不是對機沒有深信，就是對法沒有深信；對機沒有深信，對法一定也沒有深信，對法沒有深信，對機也一定沒有深信。

這兩個深信是一體的，有機深信就有法深信，如果只是信機而不信法，那不算信機，只是一般的「罪惡觀」。

Namo Amituofo!

Dec 5 2018

Dec 5, 2018
Master Huijing’s Short Teachings on Right View in Buddhism
佛法知見

“Settlement of mind” means faith. A person who really has faith is mentally settled. If he doesn’t have faith, he cannot say he is absolutely settled. His faith arises from the clear understanding of reasons and facts. If he hasn’t grasped these reasons and facts, he cannot say he has faith. Thus it is said,“If you understand the reasoning, your faith is deep”.

所謂「安心」，就是信心的意思。一個人真有信心才能安心，如果沒有真信心，絕無安心可言。信心來自對事理明確的了解，若對事理沒有明確的了解就談不上信，所謂「理明信深」，道理愈通達透徹，信心就愈堅固不移。

Namo Amituofo!

Dec 4 2018

Dec 4, 2018
Master Huijing’s Short Teachings on Faith in Pure Land Buddhism
淨土信仰

(continued)
The above passages about the splendors of Pure Land Buddhism are quoted from the writings of the past patriarchs. So, the Pure Land teachings can be regarded as: the simplest and easiest, the most secure, the most direct, and the most “round” and “sudden”. It is the foremost among all kinds of expedient means, unsurpassed in its ultimate meaning, and extremely “round” and “sudden” .

The teaching of Amitabha’s deliverance through recitation of his Name, is difficult to encounter in a thousand years, or even ten thousand eons. Now, we finally have the chance to hear it! We should be grateful for our past karma, believe and accept this teaching, and fully commit to walking this Path until the end of our lives.

以上這些是古德對淨土超勝之記述。故淨土一門可謂：至簡易、至穩當、至直截、至圓頓；方便中第一方便，了義中無上了義，圓頓中最極圓頓。

如是彌陀救度，念佛法門，千生叵遇，萬劫難逢；既獲見聞，遠慶宿緣，決定信受，終身不渝。

Namo Amituofo!

Dec 3 2018

Dec 3, 2018
Master Huijing’s Short Teachings on Faith in Pure Land Buddhism
淨土信仰

Through Name-recitation, we attain the state of non-retrogression immediately. We don’t need cultivation through diligent practices or insight through intensive meditative practices. We take Amitabha’s enlightenment in the fruition
ground as our aspiration to rebirth in the causal ground. The cause of rebirth permeates the sea of rewards and the effect of those rewards penetrates to the of cause of our suffering.
We are perfectly enlightened at that moment, full and  complete without any deficiency. Those of the highest in the high tier cannot exceed its sill, and those of the lowest in the low tier can reach its district.

‧All people can practice and be rewarded. It universally  benefits people of virtuous roots in the three tiers. All those with smart or dim aptitude are accepted. It is an absolutely perfect, inclusive, and inconceivable teaching. It embraces both the laws and the phenomena with nothing missing. It exceeds all schools and teachings with no exceptions, because it perfectly accepts and perfectly transcends all kinds of teachings.

‧The profundity of Huayen teachings, the mysteries of Fahua teachings, the essence of all Buddhas, and the compass for all Bodhisattva teachings originate from this one transcendent teaching.
(to be continued tomorrow)

‧只要稱名念佛，即得徑登不退，無藉劬勞修證，不必觀想參；以果地覺，為因地心；因該果海，果徹因源；當下圓明，無欠無餘；上上根不能逾其閫，下下機亦能臻其域。

‧人人可修，人人可證；三根普被，利鈍全收；絕待圓融，不可思議；攝事理以無遺，統宗教而無外。圓收圓超一切法門。

‧華嚴奧藏，法華秘髓，一切諸佛之心要，菩薩萬行之司南，皆不出於此矣！

Namo Amituofo!

Dec 2 2018

Dec 2, 2018
Master Huijing’s Short Teachings on the Attributes of the Pure Land School: Worldly Truths
淨土宗宗風俗諦

Amitabha Buddha’s compassionate mind is unlimited. His acceptance is equal. His inclusivity is thorough, and his forgiveness is absolute. His deliverance is completely
unconditional.

If we feel that Amitabha Buddha’s love for us is unlimited, and his inclusivity is thorough, our hatred and stubborness will be changed. We will soften those states and feel a sense of regret. We shall render love and forgiveness to all beings.

阿彌陀佛無限的慈悲愛心，平等接納、徹底包容、絕對體諒，毫不計較、毫無條件地救度我們。若能體會阿彌陀佛對我們無限的愛心、徹底的包容，我們瞋恚、剛強的心就會被感化而柔軟、而慚愧，對任何人就會付出愛心與包容。

Namo Amituofo

Dec 1 2018

Dec 1, 2018
A quote from Master Shandao
善導大師語錄

A text about “only embracing Amitabha-reciters” from “In Praise of the Rite of Rebirth”

Amitabha Buddha’s light is infinite, permeating all lands in the ten directions, without any obstructions. Amitabha only visualizes those who recite his Name, embraces and never forsakes them. That is the why he is called Amitabha.

《往生禮讚》「唯攝念佛」之文:
彼佛光明無量，照十方國，無所障礙； 唯觀念佛眾生，攝取不捨，故名阿彌陀。

Namo Amituofo!

Nov 30 2018

Nov 30, 2018
Master Huijing’s Short Teachings about the Infinite Life Sutra
《佛說無量壽經》
(continued)

2. Vows related to the Pure Land – also called vows to pursue the Pure Land. These are the vows made by Dharmakara Bodhisattva, who selected all of the splendors of his Pure Land and to make his Pure Land better than all other Buddhalands. (when he becomes a Buddha.)These are the 31st Vow (Vow to create the Pure Land) and the 32nd Vow (Vow regarding the Adornments of the Pure Land).

3. Vows related to sentient beings – also called vows for benefitting sentient beings. These are the vows about benefitting and delivering sentient beings of the ten directions. These are the remaining 43 vows.

二、攝淨土願，亦名求淨土願：法藏菩薩成佛之後，選擇比諸佛淨土更為殊勝莊嚴之功德，以成就其淨土之誓願。即是第三十一國土清淨願與第三十二國土嚴飾願。
三、攝眾生願，亦名利眾生願：是救度利益十方眾生的誓願。其他四十三願皆是。

Namo Amituofo!