(XNUMX) The importance of Guanjing in the Pure Land Method

Good evening everyone! Amitabha!

What we are going to study together tonight is the essence of the "Buddha Sutra".This sutra may be relatively unfamiliar to our fellow practitioners, but this sutra is very important to our fellow practitioners who study the Pure Land Method. "The Buddhist Sutra of Buddhism of Infinite Life" is the theory of the three sutras in our Pure Land Zhengyi classics. The three sutras of the Pure Land specifically explain the theory of rebirth and the method of practice. It is particularly important to explain in this respect.Common initiates are familiar with the "Buddha Speaking of Immeasurable Life" and "Amitabha Sutra".

The "Blessed Life Sutra" is relatively like an introduction to the Pure Land. Generally, it is easy for people of middle and lower roots to learn. Then the "Amitabha Sutra" is the essential core and easy to read and maintain, while the "View of the Infinite Life Sutra" will feel special in the past. It’s difficult, it seems to have to practice vipassana.Because this sutra has another sutra title called "Sixteen Guanjing". Generally, fellow practitioners see from the beginning to the end. It is really easy to think that they are practising insight. Therefore, our fellow practitioners of Jingzong seldom go deep. Learn.

However, through the eyes of our second ancestor Shandao, we pointed out the true practice and the correct core practice. Only then did we understand that the original practice of the "Blessed Life Sutra" is no different from the "Blessed Life Sutra" and "Amitabha Sutra". It's so simple, it's as great as it is, and it's more ultimate.

How to say it more? What we have learned before...We have already understood that the most important thing in the "Blessed Life Sutra" is the eighteenth wish. So tens of thousands of people will go there, we already know this very well.But some fellow practitioners are more careful. He will notice that there are two verses after the eighteenth vow: "Except for the five inverses, slander the Dhamma. 』Since it is said that only the five inverses should be eliminated, slander the law.Doesn’t that mean that those who have committed the five iniquities and slander the Fa-rectification cannot die? It is not true that thousands of people have gone. Careful fellow practitioners may have noticed this; we also have a clear understanding of the great virtues and sutras of the Patriarch As I told us above, the Pure Land Method was originally meant for thousands of people to go there-never miss one.Moreover, Buddha Amitabha's wish is indeed to save sentient beings from the ten directions, so how do we understand these two sentences in this passage?

It turns out that the scriptures in the "Sutra of Buddhism for Immortal Life" can be satisfactorily resolved.The conditions for the rebirth of the lower grades in the "Sutra of Buddhism of Immortal Life" include the five evils and ten evils, even breaking the precepts or slandering the Dhamma. All the sinful beings are included, which is very complete.Therefore, the theories and practices taught in Guanjing are the most ultimate and the most complete.

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(XNUMX) The true practice of the Buddhist scriptures

How do we treat the last two sentences of the eighteenth wish?

Master Shandao gave a very clear explanation in the "Study on the Four Posts of Guanjing".He said that when the Blessed One was teaching the "Blessed Life Sutra", we knew that we had to watch the lectures. At that time, among the people present at the meeting, everyone's good roots were relatively deep and their level was relatively high. These people are evil, so adding these two sentences is to remind everyone to avoid committing these evils.Because it is too simple to live according to the eighteenth aspirations, anyone who truly believes and wishes can die, so he is afraid that you will not uphold the precepts and practice diligently! So he said: "Except for the five rebellions, slander the righteousness." "It is to prevent you from creating these sin karma, with such intentions.

 When it comes to "Guanjing", I will tell the truth completely-tell the truth.It’s convenient to tell the truth. Why is this place the most important thing to say? Because when it comes to the "Guan Jing", many of the audience have already created five evils and ten evils. Look at it, including the "Guan Jing". Prince Shi, he is the standard crasher, right? If you talk about this sutra, the crasher is the most sinful one, you tell him, "Except for the five iniquities, slander the righteousness." 』Then there is no need to talk about this sutra.If the audience hears that there is no way to gain benefits, they cannot be reborn, and if this condition is not met, then it is meaningless to say this sutra! So we have to see that at this time there is already such a crime in the audience, and this time it is completely Tell the truth, because this method was originally intended to save sentient beings in the ten worlds, especially for these sinful ordinary people.

In this theory, we have clearly felt the heart of Amitabha Buddha in the order of the first wish and the second wish of the first forty-eight wishes. From this perspective, the theory and method of the three sutras are completely complete. The objects to be saved are completely consistent.Including dharma cultivation is not as difficult as cultivating the Sixteen Views. It is also the core practice of recitation of Buddha.The Blessed One’s part in the circulation section is obviously and very straightforward. I have said all the scriptures in the previous section. Finally, I must explain that Venerable Ananda must be well maintained. This sutra should also be circulated well and placed in the circulation section. Has this effect.How did the Blessed One explain to Ananda, He said: "If you hold true words, those who hold true words means holding the name of the Buddha of immeasurable life. 』You are good to hold the language, this "is language" language, that is, the Blessed One who spoke this sutra in front of us, and the content of the whole sutra you accept and hold this sutra well, then how do you receive and hold this sutra?

 Those who hold the word, hold the name of the Buddha of immeasurable life.It's just to recite the Buddha by name! This is the real "Guan Sutra" practice.

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(Three XNUMX) The origin of the Buddhist scriptures

But there are so many contents in the whole sutra, and the real practice is only one sentence. Who would have noticed? Everyone must see the first sixteen views, and then they must honestly observe the sun and water slowly.This is what Master Shandao taught us. Why is this situation?

Through the scriptures and the annotations of the "Four Tie Shu" by Master Shandao these two days, we can clearly grasp it.This "Guan Jing" really needs to speak at our speed. It may be at least one month per day, but we will use two days to explain the essentials.Because modern people are very busy and time is precious, it is very rare to have time to listen to the scriptures.If you want everyone to listen to it every day for a month, I am afraid that the audience will become less and less, and in the end there will be no photographer alone.In the hope of helping you master the most important practice of this book in the shortest time, it can help us to increase our confidence in rebirth, and to have a deeper and more complete grasp of the theory and practice of the Pure Land Method.So try to capture the key points as much as possible, and hope that we can have a complete grasp in two days.

First of all, I need to briefly introduce the content of this sutra. In fact, the content in "Guanjing" is very exciting, it can be made into a movie and it is a modern version.After listening to everyone, you will feel that it is very close to us, because the initiator of "Guan Jing" is Mrs. Wetish, she is the wife of the country, and her husband, King Pingbsara, is a king, and the location at the time was Wang. In Shecheng, her prince Ah Sha Shi initiated a coup... Just like our country now has a head of state, and the son wants to usurp the throne, he plans to kill his father. This thing often happens in many countries in the modern version.

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(XNUMX of XNUMX) The origin of the Buddhist scriptures

King Achai was originally very kind, because he was instigated by Devadado and made bad friends.This Deva Dado was the one who tried to kill the Buddha three times and again. He was a manifestation of the great devil and the villain. He likes to fight for power, so he went to show his supernatural powers and let King Ashiya treat him respectfully.So he instigated him: ``You simply kill your father earlier, you ascend to the throne earlier, the two of us can cooperate and be a good partner, you are the king, and I am the Buddha!'' Yeah, this wishful thinking is very good, otherwise, King Achai would have been very kind, sooner or later this throne will also be his, he does not need to do this, his only prince, prince! He has made bad friends, Because he showed his supernatural powers, King Achai worshiped him very much, thinking that he had cultivated very well, and this was his cause and fate.Later, I listened to Devadado’s words, and of course I also told him a section of his past life, a period of evil karma between him and his father, which caused him to hate his father. We will not talk about this section. Talking is too far.

So King Ashiya put his father under house arrest and wanted to starve him to death. Mrs. Wetich is his wife, of course, she would try to save him, so he washed his body and rubbed some powder made of wheat flour. The women were rubbing a thick layer of pressed powder, treating it as wheat flour and rubbing it all over, then put some honey in her earrings, necklaces...hide some food and bring them in for him to eat.So after some time, the prince felt strange...Why was he still alive, so he asked his gatekeeper. The gatekeeper said that Mrs. Vettihi often came in to visit him, and also secretly brought him something to eat.Not only did the king not die, but his spirit was getting better and better. Because there were disciples from the World-Honored One who came from the sky to tell him, he was very happy physically and mentally. Although he was under house arrest, his complexion became more and more like practicing retreat inside. Great.

King Achai was very angry when he heard it. I waited outside every day until he starved to death and was about to collect his body.I waited so long and didn’t die. The more I waited, the more impatient I got. At this time, I heard this, wow, venting all my anger on his mother, and even the mother was going to kill him.At this time, the ministers around him, Yueguang and Qipo, couldn't help but want to come forward to stop him. They said: ``Since ancient times, I have heard of people who want to kill the father and the king for usurping the throne, and have never heard of people who want to kill their own mother. This is against humanity." They can't watch him kill his mother like this. If he really wants to kill his mother, these ministers will leave him.At this time, there was no other way for King Aya to agree to their persuasion, but put his mother under house arrest.

Everyone can imagine...If this happened to us today, let alone our family having a coup d'etat, it is just our ordinary family. Your own children are going to kill their parents...Wow...Wow, why are you so embarrassed! At that time, Mrs. Wetich's mood... was very painful, and she didn't want to stay in this world for a moment.Everyone, please pay attention, she is the crasher of "Guanjing". This kind of willingness to give birth to the Dharma is for us-true faith and eagerness! The attitude of the most complete and standard Buddhist practitioner is to be like She doesn't want to stay like this for a moment, so she will die.To have this kind of eagerness, this is the true desire for rebirth. If we have not reached this level, we must rush to cultivate it, and we must cultivate it every day.

Don’t wait for Amitabha to come, and discuss with him for a few days. Anyway, Amitabha is always on call. No matter how you trouble him, he will come.But I'm afraid that in case we are not careful, we will go straight to hell with a thought of aversion, then it will be troublesome! So it is better to leave as soon as Amitabha comes. Vettihi, who is under house arrest, is very painful and painful... Satisfy the Blessed One who was speaking in the Jiechai Mountain, and ask the Blessed One to send the Big Eye Qianlian and Ananda to tell her, because the Blessed One has magical powers, and these big disciples all have magical powers, and the Blessed One immediately brings the Big Eyed Qianlian and Ananda came from the sky and flew to the palace where she was under house arrest to explain to her.

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(Four) The Blessed One's Method

When Mrs. Vettihi saw the Blessed One, she knelt to the ground, and asked the Blessed One to teach her a worry-free place, that is, a place where there is no pain at all, and she wanted to be born there.She didn’t want to stay in this bad world for a moment, so she complained to him for a long time...just like what the women are suffering...Seeing Master, oh, what about me, what about me...I don’t want to live anymore...I Can you be a monk? Never, if you want to be a monk in this way, then you can’t! It’s okay to complain. It’s a family business to be a monk, and you have to take greater responsibility. If you cry like this, go to the Sangha Come on, the believers come to you... You two are crying together!

So of course, the Blessed One also understood that the cause for her becoming a Buddha had arrived, and immediately filled her wish to explain to her, using magical powers on the spot to show her ten pure Buddhist temples for her to choose.But when it turned out that she was deliberately letting her choose the ten directions for herself, he had special blessings to make the light of Elysium special, that is to say, he deliberately asked her, Mrs. Vettich, to choose Elysium.With this special blessing, she deliberately asked her to choose herself.Later, Mrs. Vettich really chose the Elysium, hoping to be reborn in the Elysium. The Blessed One was very satisfied, even if she smiled (oh! It's just what I want. , In the count!).

At that time, Mrs. Wetich saw it. After she chose Elysium, she said: "I only wish the Buddha to teach me to observe the pure karma." That is to say, I have already made a vow and chose to go to Elysium. The next step is to request. The Blessed One taught me to observe the pure karma, how to be able to rebirth to the blissful world; she said: "Although all the buddhas are clean and there will be light, I live in the blissful world Amitabha, I hope the Blessed one teaches me to think and teach I am suffering.”

Please pay attention to everyone. Why the Blessed One had to speak the Sixteen Vipassana Sutra first? It was because she followed Mrs. Vettihi’s petition. She said, “Teach me to think, and to teach me to be right.” Thinking and receiving righteously is practising insight, because at the time People don't even know that there is a pure land method and chanting Buddha in a name.By reciting the Buddha, you can live in the world of bliss and become a Buddha. This is her first time. The Blessed One has shown the world of bliss for her to choose. So their general practice is: keeping the precepts, cultivating concentration, generating wisdom, and relying on self-reliance.So she said: "Teach me to think, teach me to feel right." The Blessed One first fulfilled her wish, first talked about the Three Blessings of Pure Karma, and then the Sixteen Buddhist Scriptures, and finally confessed Ananda to them during the distribution. The crasher said: "You are good at holding it." You have to hold it well. The way to really hold it is to hold the "Buddha name of immeasurable life."It's not practising the previous observation method!

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(XNUMX) Recognize the Pure Land of Survival in the Turbid World

The three blessings of pure karma basically start from the basics, that is, you have to be blessed, and only then can you have good roots, merits, and causes and conditions. This is a situation like this.So from the whole initiation process, especially the women we are present, we also have to associate him with our lives. Through her cause and condition, what can we enlighten?

We can now see many countries, whether it is an advanced country, our Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, the mainland...especially Western countries, the faster the development of the country...the more serious the family problem.In this five turbid world, what we have seen and said in the scriptures...we can see very clearly, can we solve these phenomena? To be honest, there is no way to solve them completely, but the situation will only get worse and worse. serious.Of course we have to do, we must do our best, and try our best to solve it, but in fact, at most, this bad development can be delayed, and the seriousness of it can be delayed, but you really want to restore...return to a kind of family health, People's moral standards can be continuously improved, and such a direction is probably impossible.

It can also be said that it is impossible, because we have also seen in the scriptures that Shakyamuni’s Dharma transported for XNUMX years, and now is the end of the Dharma period, so all sentient beings in the future have made it clear that the karma is getting heavier and heavier. …So we have seen this phenomenon, including our current family problems, it is indeed very serious, society and schools are very serious.Therefore, we should be able to be vigilant. The only way to solve this problem is to find a complete solution. Immigrate to Elysium. How can you do environmental protection in our five-turbid and evil world...how to save people’s hearts? Useless.

But you still have to work hard, because you can delay this kind of damage and minimize the damage. The way to really solve it is to make a wish as soon as possible...Go to the Paradise of Life.There is pure happiness and no suffering...every day living in this state of bliss, we have to learn from Mrs. Vettich! She is acting for us, not watching a show... She is actually acting for us; it is our society Phenomenon, our country and society are so chaotic. Now politics is also very... the so-called politics is a high-level deception... This sentence seems to be widely spread... The political methods are very dark, so our monks do not participate in politics.The society is chaotic, and the family is not really in a healthy state so that we can feel relieved.Almost every family has hard-to-read scriptures. It is true that we have to be vigilant, and only like Mrs. Vettich-the heart to live, can we completely solve these problems.

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(Part XNUMX) How to apply Buddhism to the family

But what are we going to do right now? If we really know how to make a living, people who want to die, then the whole life will have to be adjusted drastically... First of all, children.Alas, we really can't bear to see again, the mother threw the child to the nanny for an extra salary.It is said that two salaries are enough. If your two salaries are not one to be given to the nanny, how much can you save? But you invisibly lose the affection with your child, and the quality of your child’s usual life education, everything is After learning from a nanny, he will actually be like a nanny and not like a parent when he grows up.Unlike your parents, the price she paid was too great, so if you have another salary deducted from the nanny, you will have a little more money left...is it worth it? Is it worth saving the affection between you and your children? ?

It’s the same with people, including family relationships. Only when people get along can they have feelings, and they need to be cultivated! So you really see through this world-the five turbid and evil worlds, people who really wish to live; first of all, the wife must hurry up If you go home, you should discuss with your husband to change your husband back to be the housekeeper. Anyway, you have to take care of the house by yourself.Traditionally speaking, the male is in charge of the outside and the female is in charge. The person in the master is the biggest, and his responsibility is the most important. The person outside the master is only responsible for making money, and the person within the master is responsible for educating and educating the next generation.

If it’s a wife... it means that the husband must also teach her sons. She can influence her husband and the next generation. She has the greatest influence. You have the greatest merit, and the greatest blessing is also the greatest, so it really counts as salary. Ah, this mother's salary is twice that of a nanny.Then although you did not receive the money, this is your accumulated blessing and virtue.Really smart people must hurry home and earn this double salary. If your husband has money, you can also get cash from him. If you don't have money, you can't force him to take it out... accumulate yin virtue.This is what you really pay for your family, you really do what you want to do, and do your duty, this is the role of a wife! Your own duty has not been fulfilled... Then you are creating karma, so what should you do? do it.

Then you said that life is very stressful, and it doesn’t matter if you move to the country. You said that you can’t see you every day with your husband. Why do you want to see you every day?Really, you go try it, I suggest you this, I want to recite the cause and effect, but this is really good for everyone, on the one hand, it saves money, on the one hand, you can live a simple life, on the other hand, it can improve your family. harmonious.

First of all, you must start by reducing the chance of quarreling, and then you can really live in peace and do your homework with the children.Morning and evening classes will even have more time for you. Don’t go to tuition, go to the country, and have more time to teach yourself and teach children to recite the sutras. It will be enough for the schoolwork to pass.From elementary school, junior high school, high school...all the same pass, because we usually persuade you for a long time, you don’t know how to make sense of it, so I have to talk about it directly.I don't like to care about you, and I'll give you your reference when I say it, but everyone's situation is different, so you can make your own decisions.

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(XNUMX-XNUMX) How to implement Buddhism in the family

In principle, it means that a substantial adjustment must be made to live a life of simple monasticism. What really needs to be learned is moral education, which is to improve the life of the soul. Only in this way can we really go further and improve the relationship between family members and the family. The problem can be completely resolved.

 If you continue to do this...for a double salary...you will always feel that the money is not enough. Later, the child will grow up and become more rebellious, and the extra money you have made will not be enough to finish it off with him.If he causes a lot of misfortunes, you still have to deal with him... It's endless, a vicious circle, and the whole family is marching into the abyss of pain! That direction is wrong, if a salary is passed, then Of course you can stay together as a family! But you have to become more and more frugal. You need to save some money and time. On the one hand, you need to work hard to cultivate wisdom, on the other hand, to cultivate the Three Jewels, and to cultivate true merit. Kindness, you don't plant this cause... You don't have blessings, it is difficult for you to get close to kind knowledge, and it is difficult for you to have a good cause for studying the Fa.If you just close the door and work behind closed doors, you will make mistakes when you read the scriptures.

So to cultivate good fortune, the biggest blessing is of course the Three Treasures. I'm not saying that the old king sells melons-sells melons and brags, because I really think that is the case, so I will devote myself to the Three Treasures-Xiu Fu Xiuhui , Of course I will introduce the best to you.The world’s good dharma can also be done. We have to have a broad mind-rejoicing in merit, light and heavy, and deep and shallow. These are all different causes and conditions.The world’s good dharma, just do it according to the conditions, the main thing is to cultivate blessings and wisdom in Buddhism, and make such adjustments.If you haven't made such adjustments, then no matter how much money you have, you won't be able to use it! You've been spending all these five desires and six dusts in the world, creating reincarnation karma all the time.

So to really see through the evils in this world, you have to make drastic adjustments, and you can be saved! Only your family can be saved! Hurry up to the countryside and look for a good environment that can help us cultivate and help us Educate children.Well, if we are now facing a very crisis of marriage and family status, and there is no way to negotiate mutual coordination, then it doesn’t matter. As we said before, if the other half must be separated...then let it be separated! Cultivation is important. ! If you can cultivate together, that’s the best! Don’t make a noise all day... or even commit suicide in the end... keep doing karma, that’s not good.As long as we are on the road...Even if we get divorced, it doesn’t matter, but we should not take the initiative, let the other party do you, and the most important thing is that the other party proposes. Don’t be attached to yourself, if you can’t let go, then what can you do to find hardship? .Follow the other party's request. If the other party didn't mention it, we shouldn't mention it, and do our part well. That is to follow the fate. Follow the fate to be free.

If the other party wants to mention divorce, it just happens to be practicing. It's not what we mentioned. If we don't mention it, and there is room for coordination between the two parties, then we should cultivate together.If you really go on the road together, the relationship between the two will get better and better. Don’t think about it, because the feelings are entangled over there, and there is no way to improve each other on the road, then you will always be trapped in that state. , Is very pitiful.This is the cause and fate through which Mrs. Wetich prayed. Let us be vigilant, and we must improve it from the family. 

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(XNUMX) The three blessings of pure karma are practice and are not the cause of death at all

The Blessed One followed Mrs. Vettihi’s prayer and taught her how to practice the bliss of rebirth. The Blessed One told her: "Those who want to live in the other kingdom should cultivate the Three Blessings" He taught her to cultivate the Three Blessings first, and you must cultivate the blessings first. , This is not a way to die.Therefore, the blessings must also be learned and cultivated! Some people say, "Oh! I think that the three blessings must be achieved for the rebirth in the blissful world. If the three blessings are achieved, you will almost become holy, and you will not become Buddha Sanctified, so the three blessings are three different standards for blessing, just do as much as possible.”

The first paragraph: "It is filial piety to support parents, serving teachers, being kind and not killing, and practicing ten good karma. 』This belongs to the blessing of man; this may not have not yet been converted by the Three Refuges, the standard of a good man in the world.The second blessing is that you have already begun to enter Buddhism: "Holding the Three Guilds, possessing sufficient precepts, and not violating dignity. 』Theravada blessings; 『Three of them, send bodhicitta, deeply believe in cause and effect, read Mahayana, and persuade to proceed. 』This is Mahayana.

We are cultivating the Mahayana method, we must develop bodhicitta, and we have always focused on the path of the bodhisattva. This is the standard for this method.We must cultivate to meet the standards of the Three Blessings, Mahayana Blessings, we must develop bodhicitta, those who recite the Buddha must develop bodhicitta, self-interest, not only for ourselves, but also believe in cause and effect, read Mahayana, and persuade those who proceed.The blessings that must be cultivated--Mahayana blessings, of course, also include the previous two blessings.

The back is better than the front, and of course the front must be included.Therefore, after the three conversions, the ten good karma must also be cultivated. The five precepts are not killed by loving kindness. It only means that the five precepts are not killed. The five precepts and ten good deeds should be done. Filial piety to support parents and serving teachers are all basic, so this Three blessings, we all have to do it for Buddhist chanting.

But it’s not for you to achieve Consummation? Consummation is impossible, who can do it? You can’t do the five precepts and ten virtues. You can’t do it with the five precepts and ten virtues. You can’t do it with the five precepts and ten virtues. You are just like Confucius and Mencius. La.It’s very close to the standard, the saints in the world, the ten good karma to achieve Consummation, so we need to know "Those who want to live in the other kingdom, should cultivate the three blessings" This is that you should first cultivate blessings toward this goal, and try your best do.When we have good roots and merits, that is, the good men and women in the scriptures, then of course we are the ones who die.

But we have to make it clear that there are many people here who are confused, thinking that they must be done before they can die. This passage says: "These three things are called pure karma. "The Buddha told Wei Tixi: "Do you know this now?"These three kinds of karma are the pure karma of the past, future, present, and three generations of Buddhas. 』Jing Kamma-Purifying karma, the positive cause of pure karma is not the positive cause of rebirth, you have to figure it out! If you practice on your own, you must continue to complete it from this foundation. This is the method of self-reliance, of course you can. Use these three blessings to complete it, but this is not the standard for rebirth, so we must first clarify this concept.

One hundred percent of our rebirth was achieved by Amitabha’s forty-eight aspirations.Then the method of rebirth is to follow the conditions of faith and vows stated in the eighteen vows.Master Huiyi mentioned a section in the explanation. He said: ｢Amitabha Buddha, that is, the Amitara Three Bodhisattva obtained by Master Shakya in the five turbid and evil worlds, and this is to enlighten the whole body and teach Beings with turbid and evil beings are the realm of the Buddhas, but the Buddha and the Buddha can ultimately be believed and understood by the Nine Realms.” This is something that people who rely on self-reliance cannot believe and understand.So we have to be very clear, don’t see other scriptures that are miserable again, oh...do it really, do the Sanfu, otherwise you can’t die, it’s miserable again!

Therefore, we must always remind fellow practitioners that it was completely unconditionally bestowed by Buddha Amitabha. It is not believed by the Nine Realms by its own efforts, but the Buddha and the Buddha.This is what Master Hui Yi reminded us, so should Sanfu do it? Yes.But don’t you think of it as a meritorious dedication? These three blessings are nothing more than blessings, how can they be regarded as merits for rebirth? Pure merit, return to the merits of the Buddhist temple, return to the Buddha country, that is a must It has to be completely pure, and no thoughts can be called merit, and it can be used as the food for the rebirth of the Buddha country!

At most, this blessing can be ascended to heaven to enjoy the blessings. As a food for ascending to heaven, it cannot be used as a reborn Buddha country! This is very clear! So to do it, this is to accumulate merit for us; it is also a good man and a good woman What should be done.Therefore, the Blessed One first said: "Those who want to live in another country should cultivate the three blessings." He teaches us to cultivate the three blessings first, and don't confuse it with the conditions of death.

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(XNUMX) Inheritance of Pure Pure Land Thought

We are going to study "Guanjing" based on the thoughts of Master Shandao. This pure land thought is divided into three schools, which we have mentioned briefly before: Huiyuanliu, Huiri Cishuliu, and Shandaoliu.Oita Hui Yuanliu focuses on self-reliance and complete self-reliance; Compassionate-stricken-liu is self-reliance...

Master Ci Min went to India to study when he returned to China. At that time, Zen slandered the Pure Land, that is, he did not agree with the Pure Land. The Zen practitioners were arrogant and looked down upon the Pure Land.After the Master Cimin returned to China from India, he wanted to promote the Pure Land. This was the cause of the situation at the time, so he advocated his own two powers and skillfully persuaded the Zen practitioners.It’s okay for you to participate in meditation, but you can return your merits to the Pure Land of Survival. His intention is mainly to save these meditation practitioners.

It’s the same with Zen Master Yongming Yanshou. He is the cultivator of all kinds of good practices. It is good to go to Zen, to cultivate wisdom, to cultivate blessings. You can turn it back to the world of bliss for survival.This is a skillful introduction to those who originally did not cultivate the Pure Land, so that at least they are still willing to go back, and that's okay.In addition, there were more people who had their roots at that time and yearned for rebirth. Their self-reliant merits were good, and they had achieved greater success in all aspects of meditation. Therefore, more people had rebirth and were able to pass away.Our current human foundation is not good, so we have to rely on kindness to guide our thoughts-XNUMX% relying on the power of Amitabha Buddha. This is also the pure pure land method.

The thought of Master Shandao is the only one with thought inheritance among these three schools.The genre of Master Huiyuan and Master Cimin is to fit in with the practice at the time, in order to attract sentient beings, and some of the practices they taught.Master Huiyuan closed the door, retreat in Lushan, and practice self-reflection; Master Cimin is to persuade the general public to return to the world of bliss; only the thoughts of Master Shandao are truly pure pure land thoughts. Legacy of the law school.

From the Buddha Shakyamuni to the first ancestor of Nagarjuna Bodhisattva Mahayana, then Tianqin Bodhisattva, Tanluan Patriarch, Dao Chuo Zen Master, and Master Shan Dao have gathered together.There are representative works of Nagarjuna Bodhisattva's "Davi Posha Lun", "Yi Xing Pin", Tianqin Bodhisattva's "Departure Theory", Tanluan Patriarch's "Departure Theory Notes", and Tao Chuo's "An Le Ji"... all the way to Master Shandao. There are five books, nine volumes, and five works. The total weight is nine volumes. The most representative of the five works is "Guan Jing Si Tie Shu", "Guan Jing Si Tie Shu", as the name suggests, is to explain the commentary of "Guan Jing"! Although it is an explanation of "Guan Jing", it is actually a thought that integrates the theory of the Three Classics.

So today we study "Guan Jing" according to his sparseness, which is actually to include the whole theory of the Pure Land Three Classics and one theory.This part is probably a brief introduction. Don't talk too much, otherwise it won't be good to hear the snoring sound later. We have a video today.

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(Part IX) "Study on the Four Posts of Guanjing" certified by the Buddhas of the Ten Directions

Master Shandao has already achieved great success here, and this pure land thought is very complete.Why doesn’t everyone among the XNUMX patriarchs of the Jingzong quote Shandao thought? That’s because Master Shandao was from the Tang Dynasty. His works have been lost for more than XNUMX years. Many ancestors have not seen it, only In modern times, Master Yinguang saw the most complete, and Master Lianchi also saw it, so Master Huiyi’s pure land thoughts are also very similar to him, very close.Master Lianchi and Master Yinguang both clearly respect Master Shandao as "Monk Shandao" and worship him as a teacher, and respect him as a pro-teacher! So this thought is the purest, and it can be said that it has been until Master Shandao has collected great achievements. Modern Master Yinguang also had exactly the same thoughts as his. This is a brief introduction.

We will then introduce that when he was about to write the "Study on the Four Books of Guanjing", at that time Master Shandao had already attained the samādhi of Buddhism, and he had studied the principles of the Pure Land Sutra for ten years under the seat of Master Tao Chuo; He saw that many other patriarchs did not clearly explain the true theory of the Pure Land and the practice, and they were misleading, misunderstood, or unclear, and unclear. He saw this phenomenon, so he made a vow to write. This "Guanjing Si Tie Shu" is used to standardize the ancient and modern.

So the writings of ordinary people are... Oh, I will make a report on my learning experience.But he is not. He is not just giving a report. He is here to correct the misunderstandings of other Patriarchs of the Pure Land Scriptures or the areas that are not satisfactorily or not.Therefore, it is called "Kai Ding Gu Jin" to correct some of the wrong thoughts and practices of the ancient and modern. His scribbles of the four writings have also been received since ancient times. Gu Dade recognized that he should be treated as a sutra.

Therefore, our old monk seemed to have taught the entire "Guan Jing" in 1993, according to the "Guan Jing Si Tie Shu" written by the ancestor of Shan Dao.There is a section of the old monk who also said, because I have said in the past that the old monk's lectures are selfless. What kind of comment he uses is based on the content of the comment. According to the Tiantai family, he follows the Tiantai family's teaching. Yihuayan's, Yishandao..., then when he talked about this "Guanjing Si Tie Shu", he followed the pure land thought of Master Shandao.For example, there is a passage in him... He said: "If the words of the Bodhisattva are different from those of the Buddha, who should you listen to? Of course you have to listen to the Buddha!" ​​The implication is: "Master Shandao is Amitabha Buddha is willing to come again, so the other patriarchs are the Bodhisattvas who come again, who should listen to the place that is different from what he said? You must listen to the master of Shandao!'' Amitabha Buddha is coming again, this is at that time What the old monk said when he explained the "Guanjing Si Tie Shu", I just saw this paragraph.

It is true that this commentary by Master Shandao of "Guanjing Si Tie Shu" has been revered by Gu Dade since ancient times, and treated it as a sutra.One word cannot be added or subtracted. He himself also explained this at the end of Guanjingshu. He said: "This meaning has been confirmed, and a sentence cannot be added or subtracted. If you want to write it, it is the same as the scripture. He has an explanation.He said that the contents of the four posts of this sutra have been proved by the Buddhas of the ten directions and are confirmed to be correct, so no one sentence or one word can be added or subtracted.If you want to have writers...that is, if someone wants to transcribe, and to relay, it must be the same as the Scriptures, and there can be no changes.He has made such a special statement, so why does he say this? It is said that this righteousness has been confirmed by the proof, and it has been proved to be called-by the Buddhas of the ten directions. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it. That's what it means.

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(Nine Ⅱ) "Shutra of Guanjing Si Tie Shu" as evidenced by the Buddhas of the Ten Directions

Why does he say this? Because when he was writing the "Study on the Four Books of Guanjing", he had already attained the samādhi of Buddhism and then approached Zen Master Tao Chuo. After another ten years of learning and mastering the teachings, he made a wish to do it. These four posts are succinct.

Then when doing this four-fold scribbling, he first made a wish in front of the Buddha and asked for spiritual blessings, because he himself has samādhi chanting, he is very easy to follow the Buddha, and he enters and exits at any time when he comes to the world of bliss. The kitchen is also very comfortable.Let us not imagine that we have been begging for a long time, and there is no reaction, then it is not counted! He is a begging, and he saw the holy realm that night, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are present, and every night since then, in the dream, there is a monk. The monks came to teach him and instruct him on how to write this four-post scribble, assist him in completing it, and instruct him on Xuanyi.

Then when his writing reached Consummation, he again prayed in front of the Buddha, and he showed up in the holy realm for three consecutive nights, and all the Buddhas showed a very special scene.So from then on, people in later generations have called this succinct name—it was taught by Amitabha himself.It is also said that this scribbling is the scribbling of the ancient and the present, and it is cherished as the sutra, then the master of Shandao is honored as the master of the ancient and the present.

In the past year or two, the chairman of the Buddhist Association of the Mainland, Zhao Puchu, and Japan... Japan has been lost for more than XNUMX years because of the works of Master Shandao, but it was passed to Japan more than XNUMX years ago. The Pure Land School was founded by Master Faran. Gaozu.For more than XNUMX years, the Pure Land Buddhism in Japan has mainly followed the thoughts of Master Shandao, so the status of Master Shandao in Japan is very lofty.I didn’t remember the dates set in the previous year or two. The Japanese Buddhist community and the president of the Mainland Buddhist Association, Zhao Puchu, were jointly held in the ancestral court of Master Shandao—Xiangji Temple. I have been to Master Shandao’s Chongling in Chang’an. The commemorative activities held on the pagoda are also very respectful of Master Shandao, so there is such a national-level special commemoration.


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(Part XNUMX) Master Shandao's influence on Buddhist chanting for more than a thousand years

Among the thirteen ancestors of the Jingzong, only Master Shandao has the greatest energy, and he has saved the most sentient beings, and the realm of the people who have been saved by him is also the highest. There are many who have attained the samādhi of Buddhism when they are born, and there are many lay practitioners Then he showed his magical powers. Among the thirteen patriarchs, he was the most outstanding. He recites a Buddha's name and utters a ray of light.

There is also a Vajra Master (I don’t know if it’s a secret cultivator) who went to Xijing Temple and went to a monastery where he was teaching the scriptures to contest reciting the Buddha and questioning him. The Master Shandao did not tell him much, he directly showed his magical powers. He Said: ``In the quasi-sutras, the Blessed One said that reciting the Buddha and one method will give birth to the pure land, seven days a day, one reciting ten Amitabha Buddha, the pure rebirth of the pure land. This meditation of the Buddha's Dharma is empty, does not produce pure land, deceives all beings, that is, send the good guide on this high seat, that is, fall into the hell, suffer for a long time, and never go out." Then the Ruyi rod was pointed at a central image, and the images all shine.This is the Vajra Master who has shown his supernatural powers to save this difficult question.

Venerable Vajra thinks that reciting the Buddha cannot be reborn, so he told him the method of reciting Buddhism taught by the Blessed One. If he cannot recite the name of Amitabha Buddha in seven days a day and ten meditations, if the teaching is true and not deceiving sentient beings, then let this The two statues in the lecture hall are always bright. The two statues are the statues of Buddha Amitabha and Buddha Shakyamuni; if this method of chanting is false and deceives sentient beings, then let me be a good guide to be on this throne right now and fall directly to it. Great hell.If the sins are serious, yes, Devadado committed the five felonies in the world at that time, and he was plunged into hell right before his eyes.So Master Shandao said this... After the lecture, the two Buddhas in the hall immediately beamed to him as a proof, and of course he did not fall into hell.He has supernatural powers and reflexes, and he immediately feels what he says and responds immediately! He already has supernatural powers! He doesn't reason with you, he directly shows supernatural powers and asks the Buddha to prove it.Then his magical powers, how strong is his perturbation? Below we have a few passages.When I first heard it, I felt...Wow, it's really hard to imagine this situation. Some people can't accept it all of a sudden.

Okay, let's study these paragraphs seriously. There is a record in Volume XNUMX of "The Anniversary of the Buddha": "Tang Dynasty, Chang'an, Jing surname.Originally a butcher, because of the good guidance of the master, he persuaded people to recite Buddhism and cut off flesh all over the city.Jing hates him, enters the temple with a knife, and is willing to kill him; Master Shandao instructs the West to show the Pure Land.Jing immediately replied to his heart and made a wish, went up to the tree to recite the Buddha, and fell from the tree to the end; when the crowd saw the Buddha, he led the boy out of the top door. 』This is recorded in "Buddha Reign".

At that time, Master Shandao was persuading people to recite Buddhism, and the whole city was cut off flesh. Take a look at you...Our method is based on the eighteen vows. He is mainly different from other ancestors. It is the easiest way to cultivate the eighteenth vow. Amending the law.It didn't say that you must keep the precepts... But at that time, Master Shandao persuaded people to recite the Buddha, but the whole city was cut off. Everyone was obediently vegetarian.

Wow! The whole city was cut off, the butcher had no business to do. The butcher hadn't saved it at that time because the killing karma was very heavy, and he took a knife to the monastery to find the Master Shandao to settle the account... so terrible! The result was the Master Shandao. Directly... without persuading him, you can directly show the appearance of the Western Pure Land, and simply give him a lesson. At the moment, the butcher with the surname Jing returned to his heart, and then asked him if he could really die? It is really possible to recite the Buddha. Rebirth? Master Shandao confirmed with him. After listening, he walked out of the gate of the temple and climbed the tree, jumped off on the spot... and died.Departing... the public sees many Buddhas, who lead Tiantong to come out from the top door. Tiantong is his divine sense, and the public sees the Buddha coming to pick him up, and then his divine sense emerges from the top door.

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(XNUMX bis) Master Shandao's influence on Buddhist chanting for more than a thousand years

There is another paragraph, let’s finish reading and then continue to talk about it, in the "Continued Biography of the High Monk": "When it was said at Guangming Temple, someone told the introduction: "If you recite the name of the Buddha today, will you live in the Pure Land?" Birth." The man chanted Nanmu Amitabha Buddha in the end of the service. He came out of Guangming Temple, went up to the willow tree table, put his palms together and looked west, fell down, and died on the ground, and he heard about Taiwan Province. "This is another person!" When Master Shandao was giving a lecture at Guangming Temple, someone asked him: "Can I die if I really recite the Buddha?" Master Shandao told him, "I must die." After listening, this person prayed for three prayers. Going out, chanting Buddhism while walking, climbed up the willow tree at the door, and jumped down facing the west... passed away.

Then we heard about Taiwan Province, which was the central government at the time. This passage was recorded by Lawyer Dao Xuan. He heard it with his own ears and then wrote it down. Lawyer Dao Xuan was the ancestor of our Law School.Then you guys, don't go out after listening to it! If you go out and jump down, you can't think of it. I'm not a good guide master.You are not the roots of the people at the time. This will jump to the headlines tomorrow.Don't promote the Pure Land School, don't do this!

Let’s finish reading the third paragraph, let’s continue to talk together, in another place in "The Legend of the Pure Land": "The Jinghua prefectures, monks, nuns, and women, either went to Gaoling, or sent their lives to the deep spring, or fell from a high branch, burned The person who supports the body, smells the distance, to more than a hundred people.Those who practice the Brahma and abandon their wives; those who recite the Amitabha Sutra, from XNUMX to XNUMX; those who recite Amitabha, who earn XNUMX to XNUMX times a day; and those who recite the Buddha Samadhi and rebirth in the Pure Land, are unknowable number. 』See here.Look...Wow, this passage is even more scary and amazing. The monks and nuns are equal to the four disciples. Some climbed to the mountain and jumped down, some jumped directly into the sea, some climbed to the tree and jumped down, and some burned. Body support.

These various methods of rebirth indicate that they are very confident in the Pure Land of Rebirth. They are not afraid and will not be greedy at all. This body is not afraid of death... That kind of determination, people who do this have recorded and heard a little bit. To more than one hundred people, more than one hundred people! We just had two people in the first two paragraphs, right? Here we talk about more than one hundred people, these refer to those who seek rebirth immediately, "All those who practice brahma and abandon their wives "It means to devote himself to the practice. He practices the Brahma---the pure practice, that is to maintain strict precepts, and abandon his wife---there will be no more worldliness. This should be close to the precepts of the monkhood. Up. "Recite the "Amitabha Sutra", one hundred thousand to three hundred thousand, one who recites Amitabha, one gets fifteen to one hundred thousand times a day; and one who recites the samādhi of Buddha and rebirth in the Pure Land, the number is unknowable." Here is the point!

Have you seen that, don’t you really hear this saying, oh...suicide is terrible! The point is not here, the point is that Master Shandao’s susceptibility is too strong.Moreover, people at that time believed in this method deeply. After they were convinced, some people immediately sought rebirth, and some people had a great transformation in their body and mind. They let go of all conditions, practiced diligently, and chanted the Buddhist scriptures so diligently, so now they have to recite the samādhi of Buddha and die. The pure land is unknowable.That's why his Dharma Destiny is very special!

As we can see from the next paragraph, "A Brief Biography of Departure to the West" says: "Three years later, the city of Chang'an has been filled with Buddhist chanters.Among his disciples, there are those who recite XNUMX or even XNUMX volumes of the "Amitabha Sutra", and there are those who recite the ten thousand or even one hundred thousand voices of the Buddha in daily class.During this period, those who have attained the samādhi of Buddhism can not be counted, and those who have attained the pure land of rebirth on the deathbed cannot be counted. "Look at this result, so for the previous examples, we certainly don’t want to learn these behaviors that our people now seem to be more intense, but we can see that he is indeed too strong and does not have a patriarch. Comparable.And what is his result? The result is that every dying person, if there is no immediate rebirth, that is, everyone has become very diligent, and there are very many people who have attained the samādhi of Buddhism.Mahayana does not look at the process but looks at the result. His process seems to be a bit fierce, very violent... he immediately let go of all destiny, it is simply a monk practice, all cultivators, abandoning his wife, this means that all destiny will be let go immediately. Diligent practice and precept practice have such a great influence.

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(XNUMX) One hundred percent depends on the power of Buddha in one's life

These are historical facts recorded in the past, and the touch we have received is indeed something that other patriarchs could not bless. It was the incarnation of Amitabha himself.

I personally have such a deep experience. After XNUMX years of study, I have not been able to work hard. Although I have obtained a lot of Dharma joy, subdued troubles, gradually increased wisdom, and gradually eliminated karma, but I am not sure about the past life, and I am not sure about the Buddha. The blessing of strength, there is not much feeling.Because they all rely on self-reliance to learn, so the results are very slow...After twelve years, I feel that there is a little bit of fruit. Because it is relying on self-reliance, I have not received the blessing of the Buddha at all, and I don’t know how to interact with the Buddha.

But once through the guidance of Master Shandao, when we really know how to interact with Buddha Amitabha, how can our power compare with Buddha Li? The blessing power at the moment is very great, and I myself have undergone a big change. Don't like to recite Buddha.I like to read very much now, and then I will naturally like to read...Naturally, my learning standards will be improved even more, so I dare to say that I hope to sit and die, or even die without illness.

I didn’t dare to say that I had confidence in my death before. I can’t say this casually! I have also talked about Yuantongzhang before, and I have also recorded it. At most, I said that Kungfu is okay to be a film... I dare to say whether it’s a big or small film It’s okay to say it because I think it’s possible that I seem to have tasted it myself, so I dared to say it.I have never said this in the past twelve years, so the blessing power goes directly to the heart.

Through these historical records, the achievement of so many people that they have studied has indeed confirmed the touch of our hearts, and we are more confident that we can also get such extraordinary benefits, as long as there is a cause and we really get Letting go of the heart and all destiny, and then let the environment make us stop talking and chanting Buddha from morning to night. We need to be physically active, do more things, use less brains, and be peaceful and happy... Stop pursuing the rich and wealthy! Let go of all kinds of entertainment in the world. , Recite the Buddha and read the scriptures wholeheartedly.

In this way, not only will everyone be sure of going to life, but also a very victorious vision can be achieved, and even three years will be able to achieve samādhi chanting, then you can save many sentient beings, so everyone can make this wish.Don’t be polite, if you’re too polite, then you... be careful, and the retribution will be very small. We should cultivate the cause by ourselves and get the reap. Everyone can make a wish.

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(XNUMX) The manifestation of the supernatural powers of Master Shandao

I mentioned earlier that I jumped down from the willow tree. Some people misrepresented that this is Master Shandao, and that this is a misinformation.There is a passage recorded in "Xiangguangge Essays": "(Shan Dao) Suddenly showed a slight illness, covered the house and passed away. The Spring and Autumn Period Sixty-nine, Shiwei Gaozong Yonglong 681nd Year (XNUMX AD) March XNUMXth . Before Shiji, he was still drawing the Pure Land Disguised Picture in his monastery. He urged his disciple to say: "Hurry up, we have to finish this matter as soon as possible." The disciple asked him why, he said: " I will return to the west and live only two or three nights. "We will die in two or three days. Master Shandao predicts that the time will come."After he passed away, his body was soft, his face was as usual, as he was alive, his face was serene, and then the fragrant music, rested for a long time, and then disappeared for a long time.

After his death, his disciples buried his body in Zhongnan Mountain, Chang'an. A tower called Chongling Pagoda was built next to Xiangji Temple.I have walked into this tower, and this fate is also very rare. There was such a fate once.The abbot of Xiangji Temple, I have talked with him, bowed to him, and I have become attached to him.

Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Gaozong highly respected Master Shandao, and gave a plaque in the temple where he lived as "Guangming Temple", so later generations call him "Guangming Monk".From this, we can know that Master Shandao is different from ordinary people. He is very different... He has such a strong invigoration, and he has saved so many sentient beings. The Tang Dynasty’s Master Wen Xuan and Master Shaokang belong to our Jingzong. The fifth ancestor, known as Hou Shandao, is the return of Master Shandao.Every time he recites a Buddha's name, he utters a Buddha, wow! The back is better than the front. When he recites a Buddha's name, one Buddha will run out, one after another! Can you imagine? Then the two masters jointly wrote "Rui "Ying to be deleted" contains the praise of Master Shandao: "Since the Dharma travels east, there has not been a Zen master's prosperous virtue! 』No one can beat him!

Since the introduction of Buddhism to China! Not only the virtues of the thirteen ancestors of our Pure Land sect, they cannot be compared with him, but all the patriarchs who have been passed on to China cannot be compared with him. This is an extreme admiration for him! Master Guang also said: ``The good guide is in Chang'an, Shaokang is in Xinding, the sound of chanting Buddha is surging on the road, and the deceased should be more than tens of trillions!'' He described it like this, this is the continuation of the master Yinguang in the text. The admiration in the editor.Hundreds of trillions should mean that the good guide is in Chang'an, and Shaokang is in Xinding. Generally speaking, this Dharma predestined is really too great, and it saves too many sentient beings. It can be said that as soon as you go out, everyone is chanting Buddhism. Can you imagine this kind of scene? If we go out in this area, every household is chanting Buddha...Wow...It's really a bit like the atmosphere of the paradise, most of them are chanting Amitabha...it's hard to imagine! But it was like this at the time. .

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 (XNUMX) The eighteenth vow of the core practice of the Pure Land Method

Old Lay Huang Nianzu mentioned in the Heart Voice Record, he said, ``Why can Master Shandao be infinitely respected and admired by later generations? You see, until now, for more than XNUMX years, his Dharma is still so influential. , The main reason is that Master Shandao adhered to the original aspiration of Ten Ninjas in the "Infinite Life Sutra", and developed the famous magic method. Pointing out the path of path practice, the path and the path show the original heart of the King Amitabha. The way Amitabha Buddha really wants to save sentient beings is to follow the eighteenth vows, not to follow other vows, that is just a convenient way to fit the sentient beings with other foundations, and there is no way to send it. The true original aspiration is the eighteenth. Hope. And only Master Shandao can point it out."

So let’s recite the eighteenth vow. This is not the eighteenth vow. It is the vow that Master Shandao explained the eighteenth vow in the conceptual method. He explained it in this way. He said, “If I become a Buddha in ten directions. I wish to be born in my country and call my name down to ten times. I wish to force. If the person does not live, he does not get enlightenment." He used this passage to explain the eighteenth wish very clearly.As long as the sentient beings in the ten directions are willing to regenerate our country, I just need to call my name, down to ten tones, this represents the lowest limit, even one, up to many, down to this one, he uses ten tones to represent , In this other teaching, he made it very clear.Up to... it has been nearly a hundred years since you heard this method, which means that it starts from the moment you make a vow, or some people hear it at the end of the day, or even the bardo body, it’s all right! Don’t cling to this quantity, focus Yes---Take advantage of my willingness. If you don't live, you don't get enlightenment, it's entirely on the power of Buddha! Just call me by name.This is the interpretation of the eighteenth vow explained by Master Shandao in the concept method, so it is very clear. Therefore, the greatest merit of Master Shandao is to extract the core practice of the Pure Land Method-the eighteenth vow.

It is also since ancient times that the great virtue of the Patriarch can also be recognized, agreeing that the eighteenth vow is indeed the most outstanding one among the forty-eight vows. Everyone agrees with his statement very much.This is our introduction to the four posts of Master Shandao, and the cause and fate of the "Guanjing" we also mentioned today.So what we will continue to study tomorrow is that in response to the teachings of Master Shandao in the Four Tie Sutras of Guanjing, the core practice of the Buddhist Sutras of Guan Wushou, and his sub-judgment, then we will continue tomorrow. Learn.

Amitabha!

The first scene (end)

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