第八集視頻文字檔如下:
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我們為什麼能往生快速成佛 – 第8集
Why are we able to be reborn in the Pure Land and attain Buddhahood swiftly?
「本經持名念佛法門，圓滿直捷，方便究竟，一超直入，最極圓頓，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」。
It is stated in the annotation, “The Buddha-name chanting expounded in this sutra is a perfect, direct and essentially expedient method. It is the most perfect and swiftest way to attain Buddhahood. 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!”
夏蓮居老居士這些開示，我們細心去對照，海賢老和尚九十二年的修持是不是與這所講的完全相應？句句都相應，真是給我們作證轉。我們看念老居士的解釋，「《無量壽經》乃淨宗之總綱。我國清代彭紹升居士讚曰：無量壽經者，如來稱性之圓教，眾生本具之化儀」。這個讚得好！
Isn’t Great Master Hai Xian’s 92 years of practice corresponding exactly to this teaching of Upasaka Xia if we carefully compare both of them? Every phrase corresponds! The Great Master had really testified it to us. Let’s see Upasaka Huang’s explanation, “the Infinite Life Sutra is the overall principle of Pure Land Buddhism. Upasaka Peng Shao Sheng of the Qing dynasty acclaimed thus, ‘the Infinite Life Sutra is a perfect teaching that corresponds with the intrinsic nature of the Tathagatas. It is a method of enlightenment innate to sentient beings.’” This is worthy of praise!
《無量壽經》是阿彌陀佛稱性的圓教，與自性完全相應，字字句句的經文，是從自性裡頭流露出來的圓滿的大教，這是從佛那裡說的；要從眾生邊上說，是眾生的自性，眾生本具的化儀，眾生的自性跟佛的自性是一不是二。
the Infinite Life Sutra is a perfect teaching that completely corresponds with the intrinsic nature of Amitabha Buddha. Every phrase stated in the sutra is a perfect and great teaching naturally expressed from the true nature. This is said from the Buddha’s perspective. From the perspective of sentient beings, it is their intrinsic nature. It is a method of enlightenment innate to sentient beings because the true nature of sentient beings is no different from that of the Buddha.
我們為什麼能往生？為什麼能快速成佛？就是自己本來是佛，只是我們自己迷了，不知道。化是變化，儀是儀式、是規矩，我們現在在六道裡頭做一個苦惱的眾生，也是本具之化儀，為什麼？因為我們隨順煩惱，變成這個樣子。如果我們隨順如來稱性的圓教，那不就到極樂世界去了？到極樂世界去作佛去了。
Why are we able to be reborn in the Pure Land? Why are we able to attain Buddhahood swiftly? Simply because we are originally a buddha. It is just that we are deluded and unaware of this fact. 化 (huà) denotes transformation, while 儀 (yí) denotes the rule. As afflicted beings in the Six Realms of reincarnation now, we are also replete with the method of enlightenment. Why is that so? We become who we are now because we accord with afflictions, but if we follow the perfect teaching that corresponds with the intrinsic nature of the Tathagatas, we will then go to the Land of Ultimate Bliss to become a buddha (a proof of the transformation rule).
- (1884 - 1965) An accomplished lay Buddhist practitioner who compiled THE INFINITE LIFE SUTRA from nine different versions of the sutra. He is believed to be a returned bodhisattva.
- (1913 - 1992) An accomplished lay Buddhist practitioner who annotated THE INFINITE LIFE SUTRA based on 110 sutras and 82 commentaries of the past eminent patriarchs and great masters.