第十八集視頻文字檔如下:
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每一個往生淨土的人跟佛都見過面 – 第18集
Everyone who was reborn in the Pure Land had met Amitabha Buddha before.
宇宙從哪來的？萬物從哪來的？生命從哪來的？我從哪來的？六祖惠能大師講得好，他開悟的時候最後一句話，我們這些疑問他總答了，「何期自性，能生萬法」，沒有想到我們的自性能生萬法，就是能生宇宙、能生一切法、能生生命。
Where did the universe come from? Where did everything come from? Where did life come from? Where did I come from? All our questions had been answered in the last verse proclaimed by the Sixth Patriarch of the Zen school, Great Master Hui Neng (638 – 713) when he attained enlightenment. He said it well, “Who would have thought that the true nature can produce myriads of phenomena!” It never occurred to us that our true nature can yield myriads of phenomena (i.e., it can produce the universe, as well as all things and lives).
我從哪裡來？自性變現的，自性在夢中，做了一場夢，沒有一樣是真的。海賢老和尚知道，常常告訴人，念阿彌陀佛，這句佛號是真的，除這個之外全是假的。他能說出這個話來，這就是《六祖壇經》，這就是《金剛經》，明心見性的人說出來的，這是事實真相。假的就應該放下，就不需要去理會它；真的要抓緊，我們才能夠提升自己。
Where did I come from? I was manifested by the true nature when it was having a dream, so nothing is real. Great Master Hai Xian (1900 – 2013) knew this, so he always advised people to chant Amitabha Buddha’s name because other than this name, everything else is illusory. He could say these words which are taught in the Platform Sutra and the Diamond Sutra, and are uttered by those who had seen into their mind and true nature (i.e., people who are enlightened). This is a reality! Only by letting go of the illusory and grasping the real can we improve ourselves.
極樂世界是真的，一真法界，阿彌陀佛是真的，彌陀名號也是真的，信願持名，臨命終時佛就來接引你往生。我相信每一個往生的人跟佛都見過面，他要不見面，他怎麼能預知時至！什麼時候佛來接他，是佛告訴他的。或是提前，或是推後，跟阿彌陀佛都可以商量，阿彌陀佛很慈悲。
The Land of Ultimate Bliss, which is the One True Dharma Realm, is real. Both Amitabha Buddha and his name are also real. If we chant Amitabha Buddha’s name with belief and vow, Amitabha Buddha will come to receive us to the Pure Land in the final moment of our life. I believe everyone who was reborn in the Pure Land had met Amitabha Buddha before. Otherwise, how could they foreknow the time of their rebirth in the Pure Land? It was Amitabha Buddha who had told them when he would come and receive them to the Pure Land. Amitabha Buddha is very compassionate, so we can negotiate with him whether we wish to leave this world earlier or later.