Jan 7 2019

Jan 7, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Infinite Life Sutra
《佛說無量壽經》

The 19th Vow is a vow that Amitabha Buddha includes to induce practitioners on the Sagely Path to the Pure Land Path. The 20th Vow is a vow that Amitabha Buddha includes to induce those practitioners who rely on “self-power” to accept his “Other-power”, as stated in the 18th Vow.

Those who rely on the 19th Vow, deeply feel the difficulty of practicing the Sagely Path in this land; so, they dedicate all of their virtues and a myriad of practices toward rebirth in the Pure Land. They do this because miscellaneous practices have their own individual causes and effects. If they are not dedicated, they cannot become the causes of rebirth in the Pure Land. If they are dedicated, the practitioners need not change these virtues because they naturally comply, in accordance with the 19th Vow, and become the cause for rebirth.

第十九願是阿彌陀佛誘引聖道門諸機進入淨土門之願，而二十願是誘引淨土門 自力根機進入他力十八願之願。

亦即十九願是聖道門之行人由於深感此土入聖的艱難，乃將其所修萬行諸善迴 向作為往生淨土之行；萬行諸善各有其因果，若不迴向即不成為往生淨土之因 ，若用迴向則不改變萬行諸善自然成為十九願之內容。

Namo Amituofo!

Jan 6 2019

Jan 6, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Taking Refuge in Amitabha
皈命彌陀

Returning our iniquitous, defiled, and mortal lives, to Amitabha Buddha’s virtuous, pure , and immeasurable life, is called “taking refuge”.

將我們罪惡的生命、污穢的生命、生死的生命，歸入阿彌陀佛功德的生命、清淨的生命、無量壽的生命，才就叫「歸命」。

Namo Amituofo!

Jan 5 2019

Jan 5, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Deep Faith in Aptitude and Teaching
機法深信

The two kinds of deep faith - in aptitude and in teaching, are the core teachings of the Pure Land School. If we understand and deeply believe the principles of aptitude and teachings, we will have no set backs, and be assured of rebirth.

淨土法門的核心「機法兩種深信」，機法兩種的道理能夠了解深信，就不會退轉，就決定往生。

Namo Amituofo!

Jan 4 2019

Jan 4, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Right View on Buddhist teachings
佛法知見

(continued)
This thought is wrong because we do not understand the Infinite Life Sutra in principle, and we carelessly take our innate Buddha-nature as comparable with Amitabha Buddha. We also mistakenly affirm that there is no happiness or suffering, no purity or impurity in this Saha Land, when our mind has no false and miscellaneous thoughts. If we don’t understand correctly, and take the wrong concepts as our life’s goal and purpose, it is very dangerous.

那一種談法是因為不了解《無量壽經》的道理，泛泛的以自性天真之佛來比喻阿彌陀佛，以自心沒有妄想雜念來認定娑婆世界沒有苦樂淨穢，那種看法是完全錯誤的。如果沒有正確的了解，往往就會以這種錯誤的思想作為他一生的宗旨、指標，這是很危險的。

Namo Amituofo!

Jan 3 2019

Jan 3, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Right View on Buddhist teachings
佛法知見

(continued)
As a pure land, the Land of Bliss in our teaching is different from “Amitabha is Self-nature and Pure Land is Mere-Mind” as said by ordinary Ch’an practitioners.

Whether believing it is a Pure Land of Mere-Mind or Amitabha is Self-nature, it indicates the practitioner has realized and become enlightened to the innate Buddha-nature. However, Amitabha is a Buddha who has accomplished perfect and complete practices for countless eons and contemplation for 5 kalpas. Have those practitioners taken countless eons to make vows, cultivate and accumulate immeasurable Bodhisattva practices? No! If they haven’t, how can they say Amitabha’s Pure Land and Amitabha’s virtues are the same as theirs?

我們所說的極樂世界的淨土，和一般學禪者所講的「自性彌陀、唯心淨土」是截然不同的。

因為不論唯心淨土或自性彌陀，都只是說明此人已證悟了本具的佛性，而彌陀這一尊佛卻是經過五劫思惟，兆載永劫的願行圓滿所成就的佛，我們何曾以五劫的時間去發願，何曾兆載永劫積植菩薩無量德行？沒有啊！既然沒有，怎麼能說我們有和阿彌陀佛一樣的淨土、跟阿彌陀佛一樣的佛德？

Namo Amituofo!

Jan 2 2019

Jan 2, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Faith in Pure Land Buddhism
淨土信仰

Amitabha-recitation is the most profound, yet the most ordinary teaching in Buddhism. Those with superior roots of virtues cannot exceed it, and those of inferior roots of virtues can securely rely on it. So, with respect to teaching, Amitabha-recitation is splendid; with both respect to aptitude and ease of practice.
(to be continued tomorrow)

念佛是佛教最高深、又最平常的法門，上根不能超出其外，下根也能穩坐其中。因此念佛，就法來講，是殊勝的；就機來講，是容易的。

Namo Amituofo!

Jan 1 2019

Jan 1, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Attributes of the Pure Land School: Worldly Truths
淨土宗宗風俗諦

(continued)
A practitioner who makes mistakes should disclose them and repent for them in an assembly. In this way, the karmic offenses can be cleared. Making use of the power of repentance before an assembly, one will not commit the offense again. The karma has a root that has to be exposed to sunlight. If the root is not exposed to sunlight, and only the branches and leaves are exposed, the tree will continue to grow in the same way. Thus we see that, among genuine Buddhist practitioners, repentance and disclosure of karmic offenses are emphasized.

修行人有了過失，是應在大眾之前表露懺悔的，這樣罪障才能消除，藉由在大 眾之前懺悔的力量才能使自己以後不再犯。因為業力有根，必須將根挖出來攤 在陽光下，如果不從根挖出來曬太陽，只是枝葉曬太陽，日後根還是會再生長。所以一個真正的修行人是重在懺悔、發露自己的業障。

Namo Amituofo!