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成就無量功德一句佛號夠了 - 第252集
One single phrase of Amitabha Buddha’s name is enough to accomplish infinite merits.
能不能往生，完全是信願之有無，蕅益大師告訴我們，真信切願你就取得往生的條件；生到極樂世界品位高下，在你念佛功夫的深淺。念佛裡頭，具足三福、六和，具足三學、六度，具足十大願王，這叫功夫，佛號裡頭有這些東西。
Great Master Ou Yi told us that whether or not one will achieve rebirth in the Pure Land depends entirely on the presence or absence of one’s belief and vow. In other words, with true belief and earnest vow, you have met the conditions for rebirth in the Pure Land. The grade of rebirth depends on the depth of your effort of practising Buddha Mindfulness. Buddha Mindfulness which is complete with the Three Conditions, the Six Principles of Harmony, the Threefold Learning and the Six Paramitas of bodhisattvas, as well as the Ten Great Vows of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva is called ‘effort of practice.’
這個功夫要深，不在乎念佛多少，是在乎你放下多少，你成就多少，在乎這個，成就你的六度萬行，成就你無量功德。這些道理如果懂得，一句佛號夠了，圓滿具足。
This effort of practice has to be deep. It does not matter how much you recite Amitabha Buddha’s name. What matters is how much you have let go and how much you have accomplished the myriad practices of the Six Paramitas as well as infinite merits. If you understand these principles, one single phrase of Amitabha Buddha’s name is enough because it is fully replete with these myriad practices and infinite merits.
海賢老和尚念了九十二年，他活了一百一十二歲，二十歲出家，師父教他這一句佛號，教他一直念下去，他九十二年沒有改變，真聽話、真用功，沒有雜念。他要不要聽經？要不要誦經？
Great Master Hai Xian, who lived to a ripe old age of 112, had been chanting this Amitabha Buddha’s name for 92 years without engaging in other practices, because when he was ordained as a monk at the age of twenty, his tonsuring master taught him to recite this name incessantly. He was really obedient and assiduous as he was only mindful of Amitabha Buddha without having distracting thoughts. Does he need to listen to the Dharma lectures and recite the sutras?
不需要。他萬緣放下，就是一句佛號，讀書千遍，其義自見，他開悟了。他在這一句佛號上，首先得功夫成片，大概要多久？
No, there was no need for him to do so, because he had already let go of all worldly matters and only held fast to Amitabha Buddha’s name. As the ancients said, “By reading a book for a thousand times, one is bound to attain spontaneous enlightenment.” He had thus attained Supreme Enlightenment. Prior to this attainment, he had first achieved Constant Mindfulness of Amitabha Buddha. About how long did he take to achieve this?
三年夠了；再提升，事一心不亂，有個三、五年他就到了；再向上提升，理一心不亂，理一心不亂就是明心見性，就是見性成佛。我看他的光碟，細心觀察他，他的事一心不亂應該在三十歲左右，理一心不亂在四十歲左右。
Three years was enough for him to achieve it. He then further attained One Mind Undisturbed at the phenomenal level within the next three to five years, and finally attained One Mind Undisturbed at the noumenal level (i.e., seeing into the mind and true nature and becoming a buddha). After watching the video depicting his life carefully, I believe he should have attained One Mind Undisturbed at the phenomenal and noumenal level around thirty and forty years old respectively.
理一心，往生極樂世界生實報莊嚴土，真的是花開見佛悟無生。那個無生是什麼地位？大乘經教上佛常說七地以上，無生忍，七地菩薩是下品。這叫功夫，我們有，我們可以做到，要努力。
When One Mind Undisturbed at the noumenal level is attained, one will be reborn in the Adorned Land of Real Reward in the Land of Ultimate Bliss, whereby one really sees Amitabha Buddha when the lotus flower opens and becomes enlightened to the non-arising of phenomena. What stage of practice is this? In the Mahayana sutras, the Buddha often said that bodhisattvas of the seventh ground stage and above have attained this endurance (the seventh ground stage is the lowest grade of endurance). This is called ‘effort of practice.’ We can accomplish this, so we have to work hard.