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能相信淨土那是大善根大福德 – 第28集
People who can believe in the Pure Land method have profound virtuous roots and great fortune.
釋迦牟尼佛四十九年所說的一切法,最後都歸淨土。《華嚴經》末後善財童子五十三參,普賢菩薩十大願王導歸極樂,《法華》、《楞嚴》,大經大論沒有一部最後不歸淨土。
All the teachings expounded by Sakyamuni Buddha in forty-nine years ultimately revert to the Pure Land. For example, both Sudhana’s visits to the fifty-three wise teachers and the Ten Great Vows of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva for returning to the Land of Ultimate Bliss are expounded in the last chapters of the Avatamsaka Sutra. None of the great sutras and treatises such as the Lotus Sutra and the Suramgama Sutra do not revert to the Pure Land in the end.
歸淨土就是大圓滿,真實成就。實實在在說,「亦為此界他方,現在未來一切有情離苦得樂、究竟菩提之法要」。這還得了!實實在在老實說,此界,我們這個世界,包括釋迦牟尼佛的教區這個三千大千世界。
Returning to the Pure Land is the utmost perfection because it is a real achievement. In fact, “This sutra is also an essential teaching for the present and future sentient beings in this world and other realms to end sufferings and attain happiness as well as achieving ultimate enlightenment.” How amazing it is! ‘This world’ refers to our world, including the ‘one Buddha-world’ (a great chiliocosm) where Sakyamuni Buddha edifies sentient beings and guides them towards enlightenment.
三千大千世界有多大?黃念老老居士告訴我,佛經上講的單位世界,是我們現在天文學家講的銀河系,一個小千世界就是一千個銀河系,一千個小千是一個中千,再一千個中千是一個大千,所以一個大千世界有十億個銀河系。這十億個銀河系這個範圍,這是此界,十億個銀河系的外面是他方。
How vast is one Buddha-world (a great chiliocosm)? Upasaka Huang told me that the world unit stated in the sutras is referred to as galaxy by our astronomers now. A small chiliocosm is one thousand galaxies; one thousand small chiliocosms form a medium chiliocosm and one thousand medium chiliocosms form a great chiliocosm. Hence, a great chiliocosm consists of one billion galaxies. ‘This world’ is the area within these one-billion galaxies while the region beyond is called ‘other realms.’
諸佛剎土無量無邊無盡無數,此界他方,整個宇宙現在未來一切有情離苦得樂、究竟菩提之法要,就這部經,就這一句佛號,你能相信嗎?你能相信那是大善根、大福德,你這一生決定能往生作佛。
There are infinite and boundless Buddha Lands in this world and other realms as well as in the entire universe. This sutra and this Amitabha Buddha’s name are essential teachings for the present and future sentient beings in this world and other realms to end sufferings and attain happiness as well as achieving ultimate enlightenment. Can you believe it? If you can believe, it shows that you have profound virtuous roots and great fortune because you will certainly be reborn in the Pure Land and become a buddha in this life.