You will swiftly attain Buddhahood in the Land of Ultimate Bliss.

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到極樂世界是快速成佛 - 第275集

You will swiftly attain Buddhahood in the Land of Ultimate Bliss.

我們在這個地方學佛進進退退，實在說進得太少，退得太多，很難成就。真正看清楚、看明白了，要下定決心，我要往生極樂世界，我不在這裡住了。這是什麼？真搞清楚、搞明白了，在這住幹什麼！在這裡住的時間長，那就是阿彌陀佛叫你表法的，阿彌陀佛叫你表法，你的壽命不是自己的，佛給你的，佛會幫助你延長壽命。

Honestly, it is very difficult for us to succeed in our Buddhist practice here because we make too little progress but regress too much. If I really know this, I must resolve to be reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss and do not want to live here. What is this? If you really understand this, what do you do here? You live here long because Amitabha Buddha has entrusted you to set an example. In this case, Amitabha Buddha will help you prolong life, so your long life is given by Amitabha Buddha and not your own.

到表法功德圓滿了，阿彌陀佛自然通知，你曉得哪一天幾點幾分往生，一點都不含糊。極樂世界壽命無量，無量法門沒有一樣不通達。又何況只要見性，見性就通達了，為什麼？

When you have completed the merits of your demonstration, Amitabha Buddha will naturally tell you when he will come to receive you, so you know exactly the day and time of your rebirth in the Pure Land. In the Land of Ultimate Bliss, you will have infinite lifespan and there is no Dharma method which you do not thoroughly understand. And what’s more, you will thoroughly understand everything as long as you have seen into your mind and true nature (i.e., attained Supreme Enlightenment). What is the reason?

一切法是自性變現的，自性是能現能生，萬法是所生所現，只要證得自性，自性所生的一切法自然貫通，沒有絲毫障礙。所以到極樂世界是快速成佛。故必於此一生，圓斷諸惑，注意那個圓字，圓滿。

Because everything is manifested by the true nature. The true nature is able to manifest and produce, so myriads of phenomena are produced and manifested by it. As long as you have realized the true nature, you can naturally comprehend everything produced by the true nature without hindrance. That’s why you will swiftly attain Buddhahood in the Land of Ultimate Bliss. The annotation states, “Hence, all your delusions will be completely severed in this life” --- please pay attention to the word ‘completely’ here.

見思煩惱斷了，見思惑，塵沙煩惱斷了，無明煩惱斷了，圓斷，一斷一切斷。不像在這個世界，這個世界先斷見思，證小乘果位，小乘有四果四向，八個位次，大乘從初信位到等覺位五十一個位次。

It means that your afflictions of view and thought will be severed, so will your afflictions of dust and sand as well as ignorance. So, severing one affliction is severing all afflictions in the Land of Ultimate Bliss. This is in contrast to this world, whereby you have to first sever the afflictions of view and thought before you can attain the realisations in Theravada Buddhism which consist of eight stages, namely the four accesses (四向) and the four realisations (四果) (i.e., 須陀洹stream-enterer (srota-āpanna), 斯陀含once-returner (sakṛd-āgāmin), 阿那含non-returner (anāgāmin) and 阿羅漢 (arhat)).^[1] In Mahayana Buddhism, there are fifty-one stages of realisations (i.e., from the initial stage of the Ten Faiths (初信) to the stage of virtual enlightenment).

到極樂世界圓證圓斷，一斷一切斷，一證一切證，所以是圓淨四土。故生同居，亦即生上三土，故曰圓生四土。這幾句話比什麼都重要。

However, you will ascend all the Four Lands and sever all delusions once you are reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss. So, severing one affliction is severing all afflictions, and ascending one land is ascending all the Four Lands. As the annotation states, “That’s why reborning in the Land where Sages and Ordinary beings Dwell Together is reborning in the three lands above (i.e., the Land of Skilful Means with Remainder, the Adorned Land of Real Reward and the Land of Eternally Tranquil Light), so it is called ‘reborning in all the Four Lands simultaneously.’” These few phrases are more important than anything else.