May 6 2020

May 6, 2020

Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Buddha's Enlightening Motto

醒世箴言

Generally, when a person is close to death, he has three kinds of love / affiliations /attachments:

1. Affiliation to circumstances – attachment to our immediate environment( our family, relatives, home, fame, wealth, status, etc.)

2. Affiliation to our body – attachment to our body. We don’t understand the body is conditioned, formed by causal conditions and existent only for a period of time, Thus, we must leave it eventually.

一般人在臨命終時有三種愛，愛就是執著。

 （一）境界愛——對環境的執著。所謂環境，就是我們的家，我們的親人，我們所住的地方，還有我們的名呀、利呀、地位呀，這些執著。

 （二）自體愛——對自己身體的執著。不曉得這個身體也是假的、因緣和合的、一時擁有的、最後非離開不可的。

Namo Amituofo!

May 5 2020

May 5, 2020

Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Practicing Various Virtues

眾善奉行

What is real virtue in this world? It is aspiration to rebirth in Amitabha’s Pure Land and exclusive recitation of Amitabha’s Name. If a great philanthropist does not attain rebirth through Amitabha-recitation, he will have gained less than a wicked man who awakens and recites Amitabha’s Name just prior to death.

Similarly, a monastic who does not study the Pure Land teaching and recite Amitabha’s Name, will achieve less than a householder who simply recites Amitabha’s Name.

世間真正的善是什麼？就是願生彌陀淨土、專稱彌陀佛名。一個大慈善家，如果不念佛往生，那麼，他最後還是輸給一個迴心念佛的惡人；一個惡人，最後能夠迴心念佛往生，他勝過一輩子行善的大慈善家。

同樣的，出家不學淨土法門，輸給在家；在家能學淨土法門，勝過出家。

Namo Amituofo!

May 4 2020

May 4, 2020

Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Taking Refuge to Amitabha

皈命彌陀

For an Amitabha-reciter, nothing is more important than this Buddha’s Name. With the Buddha’s Name we have life, without it we have none. It is because, if we don’t have this Name, we will see King Yama for judgement after we die. He will send us to yet another realm of suffering!

對一個念佛人來說，沒有什麼比「南無阿彌陀佛」這句佛號更重要的了。

它的重要性，就像是我們的生命，有佛號就有我們的生命，沒這句佛號就沒有我們的生命。因為沒有了這句佛號，人死之後就會到閻羅王那裡去受審判，那就非常悲慘了。

Namo Amituofo!

May 3 2020

May 3, 2020

Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Faith in Pure Land

淨土信仰

Because the Name itself is Amitabha Buddha, it has the Buddha’s power. The Name is accomplished through Amitabha’s vow power. The Name is created by the Buddha’s merit and virtues, and contains the power of those merits and virtues.

We are “self”and the Name is “other”. Our Dharma body and mind rely on the power of Amitabha’s Name to be delivered. This means we rely on “other power”.

Above all, our teaching is reliance on other power: Buddha power, Buddha’s vow power, and the power of Amitabha’s merit and virtues.

因為名號的本身就是阿彌陀佛，所以有佛力；名號的本身是彌陀的願力所成就，所以就是佛的願力；名號的本身是佛功德所成就，所以名號有功德力：我們是「自」，而名號是「他」，我們的法身慧命是靠彌陀名號的力量得救度，所以是靠「他力」。總之，我們這個法門是靠他力、佛力、願力及功德力。

Namo Amituofo!

May 2 2020

May 2, 2020

Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Attributes of the Pure Land School: Worldly Truths

淨土宗宗風俗諦

In a group all posts are arranged to fit the abilities and interests of individuals. With these job divisions, they cooperate and perform their duties and responsibilities at different levels. So, if they can pursue their jobs 

 wholeheartedly to complete the work assigned, they will work together like a machine running smoothly in every process.

No matter what we are responsible for at a particular level, we should simplify it rather than complicate it; make it easier, rather than more difficult; and make it lighter, rather than heavier. In this way, we can deal with all matters in a relaxed manner. If we are relaxed, others will also be relaxed.

團體中都會安排各人相應的職位，所謂各安其位、各司其職而分工合作、分層負責，所以大家只要安份守己，盡心盡力，盡職盡責，就能夠像一部機器一樣，每個環節都能運作通暢。

不管自己負責哪個層面的工作，都要儘量「化繁為簡，化難為易，舉重若輕，輕鬆以對」。這樣自己輕鬆，別人也沒有壓力。

Namo Amituofo!

May 1 2020

May 1, 2020

An excerpt from the Chapter of the Meaning of the Non-meditative Virtues in the Commentary on the Contemplation Sutra 

善導大師語錄

《觀經疏》〈散善義〉:

As death nears, a sinner’s mind is focused on his suffering. For this reason he cannot mentally invoke Amitabha’s name. A kind advisor is aware of his difficulty and teaches him to recite Amitabha’s Name.

罪人死苦來逼，無由得念佛名。 善友知苦失念，轉教口稱彌陀名號。

Namo Amituofo!

April 30 2020

Apr 30, 2020

Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Contemplation Sutra

《佛說觀無量壽經》

With respect to the entire Contemplation Sutra, the passage about rebirth for those at the lowest level in the low tier is very important. With respect to the entire Pure Land School, the passage about rebirth for those at the lowest level in the low tier is the essence of the Pure Land School, and the ultimate meaning of Amitabha’s 18th Vow.

Only the passage on rebirth for those at the lowest level in the low tier can reveal Amitabha’s great kindness, great compassion, great vow, and great power. Among sentient beings in the ten directions, none is excluded from deliverance. By including those at the lowest level in the low tier, we are shown that all Amitabha reciters are included.

就整部《觀無量壽經》來講,下品下生的經文是非常重要的;就整個淨土宗來講,《觀經》下品下生也是淨土宗的精華,彌陀第十八願的終極意義。

唯有下品下生的經文才能顯示出阿彌陀佛真的是大慈大悲大願大力,十方眾生沒有一個在阿彌陀佛的救度之外。因此,有了下品下生就給所有的念佛人、修行人,最後、最大、最高的希望。

Namo Amituofo!