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願生極樂的人佛一定接引 - 第174集
Amitabha Buddha will surely come to receive those who vow to be reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss
復以善根迴向，願生我國。佛告訴我們，以自己一生修學的功德，什麼都不求，只求往生西方極樂世界，親近阿彌陀佛，這叫迴向。我不求名聞利養，我不求七情五欲的享受，也不想升官發財，只想往生極樂世界，於是這是真正善人，為什麼？
“They will dedicate the virtuous roots from their practice and vow to be reborn in my land” -- for the merits that we cultivate all our life, the Buddha advised us not to seek anything, but only seek to be reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss to be close to Amitabha Buddha. This is called ‘merits dedication.’ One who does not pursue fame and profits, as well as the enjoyments of the Seven Emotions and Five Desires, and also does not want to seek promotion, fortune and good luck, but only wants to be reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss is really a virtuous person. Why is that so?
他於人無爭，於世無求。世間人所要求的我都不要，我所求的世間人也不要，跟世間人沒有衝突，自然就和睦相處。他們要競爭，我放下，不跟他競爭，這個社會就和諧了，天下就和睦了。念佛人接受佛的教誨，所有一切大乘經教到最後統統指歸淨土，《華嚴經》到末後，普賢菩薩十大願王導歸極樂。
Because he would neither get into a dispute with others nor would he pursue worldly fame and profits. I do not want what worldly people pursue, and they also do not want what I pursue. Since I have no conflicts with them, we can naturally get along harmoniously. If everyone could stop competing with each other, then this society and the world would be harmonious. Pure Land practitioners accept the Buddha’s teachings. All the teachings in the Mahayana sutras ultimately revert to the Pure Land. For example, towards the end of the Avatamsaka Sutra, it is stated that the Ten Great Vows of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva are reverted to the Land of Ultimate Bliss.
所以一心念我，晝夜不斷，臨壽終時佛與菩薩來接引你。一定來接引你的，他要不來接引，極樂世界在哪裡找不到，一定會來接引你。在接引之前，你在夢中、在定中肯定見到佛，佛告訴你什麼時候來接你，他知道。所以，往生的人預知時至，很多往生人在三個月之前就知道，曉得是哪一天；在六、七天，六、七天之前知道的人也很多。
It is thus stated that if you single-mindedly chant Amitabha Buddha’s name unceasingly day and night, Amitabha Buddha together with an assembly of bodhisattvas, will come to receive you to his Pure Land in your final moment of life. Amitabha Buddha will surely come to receive you. Otherwise, you cannot find the Land of Ultimate Bliss. Prior to this, you will surely see Amitabha Buddha in your dreams or in meditative concentration, telling you when he would come to receive you. That’s why many people who were reborn in the Pure Land had foreknown the day of their rebirth three months ahead. Many of them also foreknew the day of their rebirth six to seven days back.