第24集 — 我們要怎樣才能不懷疑

If we truly believe in the existence of the Land of Ultimate Bliss as well as the law of causality, and earnestly vow to be reborn in that Land, Amitabha Buddha will undoubtedly come to receive us to the Pure Land. Since doubt is an obstacle, Pure Land practitioners who harbour doubts will not attain rebirth in the Pure Land in this life. Why is that so? Because doubt is the culprit that causes us to lose the opportunity to be reborn in the Pure Land in this life. That’s why we must never harbour doubts. But how can we have no doubt? We must understand and be clear about the truth and phenomena of the Land of Ultimate Bliss. Only then will we really believe in its existence without doubt. Many people who were reborn in the Pure Land had proven its existence to us. We must never neglect the corroborative examples set by them because they are helping us to accomplish belief, vow and practice of Buddha-name chanting. There are Four Lands in the Land of Ultimate Bliss. Once we are reborn there, we have successfully ascended all the Four Lands because being reborn in one land is being reborn in all lands, and ascending one land is ascending all lands. In other words, being born in the Land where Sages and Ordinary beings Dwell Together is equivalent to being born in the Land of Skilful Means with Remainder and the Adorned Land of Real Reward as well as the Land of Eternally Tranquil Light simultaneously. This is truly inconceivable! Once we are reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss, we will see Avalokitêśvara Bodhisattva and Mahāsthāmaprāpta Bodhisattva who are Amitabha Buddha’s students. These two bodhisattvas will become our classmates; they will be our seniors and we are their juniors. Since we are one close-knit family, we are equal in status. That’s why Upasaka Huang concluded, “It can be seen that this (Buddha-name chanting) method is essentially expedient and all-embracing.” We must remember that people of all capacities, including those who had committed the Five Grave Offences ^[1] or the Ten Evil Acts ^[2] can all attain rebirth in the Pure Land as long as they still have one breath to chant ‘Amituofo’ once and vow to be reborn in that Land in the final moment of their life. After seeing these realities, let’s examine ourselves if we could attain rebirth in the Pure Land in this life and whether we do meet the criteria for rebirth in that Land. Of course, we do meet the criteria as long as we are willing to go to the Pure Land. None of us does not meet the criteria. Even those who had committed the Five Grave Offences and the Ten Evil Acts would all attain rebirth in the Pure Land should they reform and chant Amitabha Buddha’s name in the final moment of their life.