第二百一十九集視頻文字檔如下:
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What we cannot forget in our mind?
我們的心上決定不能把什麼忘掉 - 第219集
“Single-mindedly concentrate on chanting (Amitabha Buddha’s name) implies focused perseverance and fixed reliance on the Buddha Mindfulness method” -- being focused is single-mindedness, while perseverance is constantness. We rely on this sutra which teaches us the method of cultivation (i.e., the Buddha Mindfulness method). This is called ‘single-mindedly concentrating on chanting (Amitabha Buddha’s name).’
“At the causal stage of Amitabha Buddha’s practice, he made the great vow of definite rebirth in the Pure Land by reciting his name one to ten times in the final moment of one’s life. Hence, practitioners who have developed the bodhi mind and single-mindedly concentrate on chanting Amitabha Buddha’s name, will surely be reborn in the Pure Land and will fully obtain the marvellous result of non-retrogression.” The tone of voice is so firm here that we have not the slightest doubt when we read this.
Let’s look at the original text of Upasaka Huang’s annotation, “Single-mindedly concentrating on chanting (Amitabha Buddha’s name) -- there are many connotations for the word ‘single-mindedness.’” The first connotation is ‘moving forward towards one direction.’ The second connotation is ‘leaning to one side.’ The third connotation is ‘wholeheartedness.’ The fourth connotation is ‘always’ and the fifth is ‘a period of time.’ There are five connotations for single-mindedness.
“Single-mindedly concentrating on chanting (Amitabha Buddha’s name)” thus implies focused perseverance and fixed reliance on the Buddha Mindfulness method. Being focused is single-mindedness while perseverance is constantness. Relying on is fixed reliance on, while holding fast to Amitabha Buddha’s name is maintaining mindfulness of Amitabha Buddha’s name. Where do we maintain Amitabha Buddha’s name?
We maintain it in our mind and cannot forget it. This is the Pure Land method of chanting Amitabha Buddha’s name and seeking rebirth in the Land of Ultimate Bliss. “Single-mindedly concentrate on chanting (Amitabha Buddha’s name) is the great, eighteenth vow of Amitabha Buddha’s original vows, which says that one can surely be reborn in the Pure Land if one is mindful of Amitabha Buddha’s name one to ten times in the final moment of one’s life.”
Where does ‘single-mindedly concentrating on chanting’ come from? It comes from the eighteenth vow of Amitabha Buddha’s Forty-eight original vows, which is ‘definite rebirth in the Pure Land by chanting Amitabha Buddha’s name one to ten times (in the final moment of one’s life).’ So, ‘single-mindedly concentrating on chanting’ is based on the eighteenth vow.
“At the causal stage of Amitabha Buddha’s practice, he made the great vow of definite rebirth in the Pure Land by reciting his name one to ten times in the final moment of one’s life. Hence, practitioners who have developed the bodhi mind and single-mindedly concentrate on chanting Amitabha Buddha’s name will surely be reborn in the Pure Land and will fully obtain the marvellous result of non-retrogression.”