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第140集用什麼方法能現前見佛

How can I see Amitabha Buddha now (in this lifetime)?

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用什麼方法能現前見佛 - 第140集

How can I see Amitabha Buddha now (in this lifetime)?

大勢至菩薩告訴我們,念佛人求阿彌陀佛,他說得非常好,「憶佛念佛,現前當來,必定見佛」。求跟阿彌陀佛感應,用什麼方法?用真誠心、清淨心、恭敬心,天天想阿彌陀佛,天天念阿彌陀佛,阿彌陀佛就現身給你看,真的不是假的。

How can Pure Land practitioners seek a response from Amitabha Buddha? Mahāsthāmaprāpta Bodhisattva said it well, “By chanting Amitabha Buddha’s name mentally and orally, one will certainly see Amitabha Buddha now and in the future.” Hence, by chanting Amitabha Buddha’s name with a sincere, pure and respectful mind every day, Amitabha Buddha would appear in his transformation body for you to see. This is true and not false.

念佛功夫得力的人見過阿彌陀佛,見佛佛一定給你授記,佛鼓勵你、勉勵你,你還有多少年的壽命他告訴你,到你壽終的時候他來接引。這不就等於授記了?

That’s why people whose practice of Buddha Mindfulness is effective had seen Amitabha Buddha before. When you see Amitabha Buddha, Amitabha Buddha would surely give you assurance and encouragement. He would inform you of your remaining lifespan and that he would come to receive you to the Pure Land when your life ends. Isn’t this equivalent to receiving an assurance from Amitabha Buddha?

你知道臨命終時決定往生,阿彌陀佛不會說妄語,一定來接引你。這叫現前見佛。往生到極樂世界之後,那是將來見佛,當來見佛,現在是現前見佛。

You know that you will surely be reborn in the Pure Land when your life ends because Amitabha Buddha does not tell lies. Amitabha Buddha will certainly come to receive you to the Pure Land. This is called ‘seeing Amitabha Buddha now.’ After you are reborn in the Pure Land and see Amitabha Buddha there, it is called ‘seeing Amitabha Buddha in the future.’

有很多人在夢中見佛、在定中見佛,見佛的時候似夢非夢,又好像作夢,又不像作夢。真正念佛人,一生當中不止一次,慧遠大師四次。我們有理由相信,像他那樣的三、四次,真正念佛人在一生當中都可能有,不是不可能。

Many people have seen Amitabha Buddha in their dreams or in meditative concentration, and when they see Amitabha Buddha, it is as if they are having a dream but it also seems to be real. People who have been truly practising Buddha Mindfulness would see Amitabha Buddha more than once in their lifetime. Just like Great Master Hui Yuan who had seen Amitabha Buddha four times, we have reason to believe that these people would possibly see Amitabha Buddha three to four times in their lifetime.