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You must chant Amitabha Buddha’s name with a pure and focused mind before you can be supported by the power of buddhas
念佛必須心要清淨要專一才得佛力加持 - 第83集
念佛必須一切放下，往生到極樂世界，一樣都帶不去。淨宗叫帶業往生，是帶舊業，不能帶新業，舊業是過去的。昨天造作的也是舊業，我今天不造，我今天清淨，今天能往生；昨天還造了，昨天不能往生。
In practising Buddha Mindfulness, one must let go of everything because one cannot take anything along to the Land of Ultimate Bliss. Pure Land Buddhism is a method that allows the practitioners to take their residual karmas along to the Pure Land. However, one can only take the old karmas (which were committed in the past) to the Pure Land, and not the recently committed ones. Karmas which were committed yesterday are also considered old karmas. If I do not commit karmas today, my mind is pure and I can be reborn in the Pure Land today. If I had committed karmas yesterday, I would not be able to attain rebirth in the Pure Land yesterday.
這個說明，為什麼有人往生，有人不能往生。這個法門到最後，放下就是，徹底放下，不能徹底就不行。真正發心念佛，佛力加持，你那個心要清淨，你那個心要專一，決定不能夾雜，才有感應。
This explains why some people can be reborn in the Pure Land while some cannot. At the end of the day, this Dharma method requires one to let go. If you cannot let go completely, you will fail to be reborn in the Pure Land. If you really resolve to chant Amitabha Buddha’s name, you will be supported by the power of buddhas. However, your mind must be pure and focused without the slightest distractions before you can receive a response from buddhas.
像《十往生經》裡頭所說的，若有眾生，念阿彌陀佛，願往生者，阿彌陀佛就派遣二十五位菩薩擁護修行人，一切時、一切處，不令惡鬼惡神得其便也。你的冤親債主找不到你，因為你有護法神保佑。
Like what is said in the Buddha Speaks the Sutra on the Ten Attainments of Rebirth in the Pure Land, “If there are sentient beings chanting Amitabha Buddha’s name and vowing to be reborn in his Pure Land, Amitabha Buddha will send twenty-five bodhisattvas to support and protect them at all times and in all places so that evil spirits and evil gods would not have the chance to harm them.” Your karmic creditors cannot locate you because you are protected by the Dharma-protecting-deities.