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這一句阿彌陀佛性修圓滿具足 - 第258集
This Amitabha Buddha’s name is fully replete with both innate merits and acquired merits.
『安住一切功德法中』。「一切功德法」是什麼？我們在這部經，自始至終，大乘經教裡頭，我們讀《華嚴》、讀《法華》、讀《楞嚴》，無一不是回歸淨土，就在這一句佛號。這句佛號是十方三世一切諸佛如來的總名號，念這句佛號，所有一切諸佛菩薩全念到了。
It is stated in this sutra, “They focus on all merits” --- what are all merits? All the Mahayana sutras (i.e., the Infinite Life Sutra, the Avatamsaka Sutra, the Lotus Sutra, and the Suramgama Sutra) revert to the Pure Land from the beginning to the end of the sutra. They are all in this single phrase of Amitabha Buddha’s name, which is the general name of all buddhas in the ten directions and in the three periods of time. That’s why reciting this Amitabha Buddha’s name is equivalent to reciting all buddhas’ and bodhisattvas’ names.
佛的名號是性德，菩薩的名號是修德，這一句阿彌陀佛性修圓滿具足，你不念彌陀念什麼？不但名號功德圓滿具足，諸佛如來無量劫他的修行、他的證果、他的弘法利生，無量無邊功德，也在這一句佛號當中。阿彌陀佛，無與倫比，世出世間再找不到第二個，這一句佛號是圓滿功德。這個法門真的易行難信。
Buddhas’ names are innate merits, while bodhisattvas’ names are acquired merits, but this Amitabha Buddha’s name is fully replete with both innate merits and acquired merits. What should you chant if you do not chant Amitabha Buddha’s name? Not only is Amitabha Buddha’s name fully replete with merits, it also contains the infinite and boundless merits accumulated by all buddhas from their practice and attainment of enlightenment, as well as propagation of the Dharma to benefit sentient beings throughout innumerable kalpas. Nothing in the world and beyond can be compared with Amitabha Buddha’s name which is perfect in merits. It is really easy to practise this method, but it is difficult to believe in it.