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這句佛號為什麼有這麼大的能量 – 第14集
Why does this Amitabha Buddha’s name have such great power?
「如上諸賢」，這是大聖大賢，「所以盛讚此經者，蓋以本經持名念佛法門，圓滿直捷，方便究竟，一超直入，最極圓頓」。表這個法，讚歎這個法門，讓這個法門從我們自身做出來，展示給大家看，人人自然就相信了。
“The above great saints and sages heaped lavish praise on this sutra because the Buddha-name chanting method expounded in this sutra is perfect, direct and essentially expedient. It is the most perfect and swiftest way to attain Buddhahood.” These great saints had set this example by means of praising the Buddha-name chanting method so that we can demonstrate its real benefits to people through our own practice, thereby enabling everyone to naturally believe in this method.
「以彌陀一乘願海，六字洪名之究竟果覺，作我眾生之因心。以果為因，因果同時。從果起修，即修即果。心作心是，不可思議」。這是重複夏蓮老的原文，讓我們對蓮公所說的深信不疑。
“By using the ocean-like Single-vehicle vows of Amitabha Buddha and the definitive realisation of enlightenment of the six-syllable ‘Na Mo A Mi Tuo Fo’ as our causal practice, we yield the result as we practise because both the cause and result are concurrent. We become a buddha as soon as we chant Amitabha Buddha’s name. This is inconceivable!” This is repeating Upasaka Xia’s original verses so that we will have absolute belief in his words without the slightest doubt.
本經提倡的持名念佛，這個法門確確實實是圓滿直捷，方便究竟，一超直入，圓極了，頓極了；圓是圓滿，沒有絲毫欠缺，頓是快速，像第十八願所說的一念、十念必定得生。
The Buddha-name chanting advocated in this sutra is indeed a perfect, direct and essentially expedient method. It is the most perfect and swiftest way to attain Buddhahood because one does not need to undergo various stages of cultivation. This method is perfect without the slightest shortcoming and its achievement is immediate. As stated in the eighteenth vow in this sutra, one will surely be reborn in the Pure Land if one single-mindedly chants Amitabha Buddha’s name one to ten times in the final moment of his life.
這句佛號為什麼有這麼大的能量？下面說出來，這是彌陀一乘願海。一乘願海，一乘是成佛，願是四十八願，本經第六品，把阿彌陀佛四十八願全說出來了，願願都兌現了。往生到極樂世界，彌陀四十八願你全得到，他所發的願我們受用到了。
Why does this Amitabha Buddha’s name have such great power? The following phrase says it: it is because of the ocean-like Single-vehicle vows of Amitabha Buddha (‘Single-vehicle’ means becoming nothing but a buddha, while ‘vow’ refers to Amitabha Buddha’s Forty-eight Vows which are fully expounded in the sixth chapter of this sutra and every vow had been fulfilled). By being reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss, we will benefit from all the Forty-eight Vows of Amitabha Buddha.