淨土宗溫哥華念佛會 Amitabha Buddhist Vancouver Association
Mar 30, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Attributes of the Pure Land School: Worldly Truths
淨土宗宗風俗諦
All human thinking and behavior is motivated and led by mind. What sort of mind will determine our respective speech and action, produce the respective fate, and become the respective results in life?
人的一切思緒行為，都是由心主導推動的，有怎樣的心就會有怎樣的言語和行 為，產生怎麼樣的命運，變成怎麼樣的結果。
Namo Amituofo!
Mar 29, 2019
A quote from Master Shandao’s Commentary on the Contemplation Sutra
善導大師語錄
A text about “the splendid rewards in the Land of Bliss” :
Amitabha’s own country is formed by his 48 vows. Each of the vows manifests the splendid augmentative causes. Based on the causes, it incurs the splendid practices. Based on the practices, it induces splendid rewards. Based on the rewards, it forms the circumstantial environment. Based on the circumstantial environment, it forms the Land of Bliss. Based on the Land of Bliss, it manifests the penetrative power to deliver sentient beings with compassion, which can reveal and open the gate of wisdom.
As his compassionate mind is immeasurable, his wisdom is also unfathomable. Executing his compassion and wisdom in parallel, the Buddha spreads sweet dew all over the worlds, nourishes sentient beings with Dharma teachings, and embraces them universally.
《觀經疏》「極樂勝報」之文：
彌陀本國四十八願，願願皆發增上勝因， 依因起於勝行，依行感於勝果， 依果感成勝報，依報感成極樂， 依樂顯通悲化，依於悲化，顯開智慧之門。
然悲心無盡，智亦無窮；悲智雙行，即廣開甘露； 因茲法潤，普攝群生也。
Namo Amituofo!
Mar 28, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Infinite Life Sutra
《佛說無量壽經》
(continued)
The ancient monks of the Japanese Pure Land School described those following the 20th Vow as like “a fish on the hook that will not stay in the water for long”. It means, a fish swallows a hook; though it is still in the water, it will be pulled to the shore in one day.
In this lifetime, though you may not genuinely believe and earnestly aspire to be reborn in the Land of Bliss, you will be hooked and pulled by Amitabha to the shore of the Land of Bliss in one day, because you have made a karmic connection with Amitabha.
日本淨土宗的古代大德形容第二十願是「吞鉤之魚，在水不久」，意思是說，好像吞了鉤的魚，即使現在仍留在水裏，可是終有一天會被拉上岸來的。
這一輩子雖然你沒有真切願生極樂世界，可是既然跟彌陀結緣了，總有一天會被彌陀鉤往極樂世界的岸上的。
Namo Amituofo!
Mar 27, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Infinite Life Sutra
《佛說無量壽經》
Upon hearing Amitabha’s Name, he knows: the Land of Bliss exists, he should always recite Amitabha’s Name, and he also wishes to be reborn in the Land of Bliss. However, his aspiration for rebirth is not earnest enough, so he cannot be reborn in this life.
Amitabha Buddha does not give up on such a person; but, waits until the ideal conditions arrive, guides him to arouse the true mind, earnest aspiration, and recite Amitabha’s Name for rebirth. If he cannot be reborn in this life, he will be reborn in the next life, or soon thereafter. This explains the 20th Vow, which is called the Vow of Making Karmic Connection. He has already made the karmic connection with Amitabha and Amitabha will never forsake him.
(to be continued tomorrow)
有人這一輩子聽到彌陀的名號，曉得有極樂世界，平常也念念佛，也想往生極樂世界，但是願生心並不真切，所以這輩子沒有往生。
這樣的人阿彌陀佛也沒有放棄他，一直在等待機緣，引導他生起真切願生心來念佛而往生極樂世界，這輩子不成，下輩子，下輩子不成，下下輩子……，所以第二十願叫做「結緣願」，已跟彌陀結了往生之因緣，彌陀就永不放棄。
Namo Amituofo!
Mar 26, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Taking Refuge to Amitabha
皈命彌陀
A Buddhist should always reflect upon whether he is really a Buddhist. When this thought arises in his mind, he should observe it and remind himself that he should have no false thoughts. However, he doesn’t have the power to eradicate this thought on his own. So, he should change the thought to recitation of Namo Amituofo!
一個學佛的人，就要時時刻刻觀照自心，這樣才是一個學佛的人；當心念浮起的時候，自己要能察覺到，自己在察覺到當下的念頭時，當下要警惕自己就將這個念頭消解；但是，我們知道自己沒有這樣的消解力量，所以我們將這個念轉來念南無阿彌陀佛。
Namo Amituofo!
Mar 25, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings concerning Deep Faith in Aptitude and Teaching
機法深信
(continued)
Once we have deep faith in aptitude, our mind-nature will naturally become soft. So, the way that we determine whether we have deep faith in aptitude, can be judged by whether we have regret, softness, and tenderness of mind. On the other side, if we have deep faith in teaching we think, Amitabha Buddha loves us, so we have to love others.
If we are sages, we can fully love others. However, as we are ordinary beings, we cannot fully love others. Just because of this, our mind will become soft and we feel regretful.
有了「機深信」的話，心性自然會柔和，所以，有沒有機的深信？也可從自己的心有沒有慚愧、柔和、柔軟……來判斷。
另一方面，如果有法的深信，自然就會「阿彌陀佛愛我們，我們也去愛他人。」
如果是聖人的話，就會做得很圓滿。我們是凡夫，所以做得不圓滿；因為不圓滿，才更要有柔軟心，更要有慚愧心。
Namo Amituofo!
Mar 24, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Deep Faith in Aptitude and Teaching
機法深信
As a Buddhist, we should follow what the Buddha taught in the precepts, and take them as the basic disciplines in the three actions (karma) in our daily life. So, whether it is the Sagely Path or the Pure Land Path, we should go forward towards purity, and aim to become a Buddha. We should do our best in living the precepts. If we don’t understand this concept, we are not Buddhists.
Furthermore, in attempting to live the precepts, we find what we want to do and know what we should do, but cannot. Though we would like to do it, our habitual behaviors obstruct us. We have no way to subdue these habits on our own; so, we need to rely on Amitabha’s deliverance. If this is what we are experiencing, we have “deep faith in aptitude.”
(to be continued tomorrow)
我們是一個學佛的人，必須依照佛所講的戒作為我們三業以及生活的基本規範。所以，不管聖道門也好，淨土門也好，基本上都要有向上、向淨、學佛而成佛之心，都希望能做好佛陀所要求的戒律，如果沒有這一種觀念，就不是學佛人了。
再進一步，他發現自己有心無力，應該做而做不到，心雖有所嚮往，可是業障來了，習氣來了，沒辦法降伏，所以才需要歸入彌陀的救度，如果是這樣的話，就有機的深信。
Namo Amituofo!