Tag: Pure Land
Complimentary blessing dedication from Poh Ming Tse management for teaching there. 感恩! May all in my family be well and…
《观经》云：「若念佛者，当知此人，是人中芬陀利华，观世音菩萨、大势至菩萨为其胜友，当坐道场，生诸佛家。」善导大师在《观经四贴疏》解释：「念佛者。。。更无物可以方之。故引芬陀利为喻。言芬陀利者。名人中好华。亦名希有华。亦名人中上上华。亦名人中妙好华。。。是若念佛者。即是人中好人。人中妙好人。人中上上人。人中希有人。人中最胜人也。」芬陀利华即是白莲花，是梵文 puṇḍarīka 的音译。 《涅槃经》亦云：「佛亦名为大芬陀利」，所以也是诸佛的名称。芬陀利华象征念佛人如莲花出污泥而不染的品质。它是千叶白莲，世间罕有，其尊贵远超众花之上。以芬陀利华比喻念佛人之罕有尊贵，身虽在人间，已超六道外；虽未生极乐，已是净土人，将来必定如同大芬陀利华那样成佛。 本师在《阿弥陀经》提了五次的「难」字，描述着要在娑婆五浊恶世对净土法门产生信受是一件难上加难的事。也因为这法门是「一切世间难信之法」，可想而知，用芬陀利华来形容念佛人是当之不愧的。尤其在末法时期，因为众生善根浅薄，净土法门难信的原因更多，念佛人也更难得。 例如，一般人常把念佛和丧事并为一谈，认为佛号只是播给往生者的最后一首曲。如此，和活人谈念佛时，难免会令他们觉得不吉利而吃闭门羹。要不然，就认为修持念佛好像不够甚深，嫌它是只给不识字的阿公阿婆或下根的愚夫愚妇闲着没事做的事。也有口出狂言者，不仅不信念佛的殊胜，还说净土法门不是正法。不过，在新加坡有多一「难」，就是华文程度较好的人不多，对华文净土教理有兴趣的人更少。新加坡人口550万，要找到真正信愿持名念佛的人，也就如同找芬陀利华一样。 新加坡要学佛不难，各宗各派任你我选择，但要有系统地学净土宗传承和历代祖师教理，也只有延续法师的两年净土教理班。净土教理班已经延续了三届之久，受益了不少的佛教徒，也栽培了很多「芬陀利华」。学人有幸能向法师学习，万分感恩！法师无私的「施肥」，让学人和同修获益不浅。能在一个华人多但又不是很懂华文的国家弘扬「一切世间难信之法」也是为甚难！感叹法师的慈悲，也愿每位同修能象净土莲池中的芬陀利华一样发光发亮。莲池海会见！阿弥陀佛！ 真悯 合十 第三届净土教理班感言 (2014-2016) 若要注册以上描述的净土教理课程，请点击这里: http://tinyurl.com/sblplc 地点 ：新加坡居士林 17 Kim Yam Road
Screenshot from a Coldplay video: ‘We are all born to live but few of us ever do.’ Then again, few…
慈云忏主净土文: 一心皈命，极乐世界，阿弥陀佛。愿以净光照我，慈誓摄我。我今正念，称如来名，为菩提道，求生净土。佛昔本誓：“若有众生，欲生我国，志心信乐；乃至十 念，若不生者，不取正觉。”以此念佛因缘，得入如来大誓海中；承佛慈力，众罪消灭，善根增长。若临命终，自知时至；身无病苦，心不贪恋，意不颠倒，如入禅 定。佛及圣众，手执金台，来迎接我；于一念倾，生极乐国。花开见佛，即闻佛乘，顿开佛慧。广度众生，满菩提愿。十方三世一切佛，一切菩萨摩诃萨，摩诃般若波罗蜜。 Amituofo’s Pure Land Assembly
An unfortunate case… Amituofo… Yes indeed… Mindfulness is needed for real happiness. (And mindfulness of Amituofo leads to Ultimate Bliss.)
Today she did her usual repentance practice at the shrine. It suddenly dawns on her that since beginningless time, she…
世间所有的相遇，都是久别重逢。－ 章子怡饰演宫二，一代宗师 Every encounter in this world is a reunion after departure. – Gong Er, Zhang Ziyi in ‘The Grandmaster’…
Dharma-sharing by Bro Jeffrey (1) Dharma-sharing by Bro Jeffrey (2) Bro Chin’s singing of the Heart Sutra in Cantonese Sis…
Z: (After hearing about it from H) Gnostic Christianity, as with many things, is very interesting indeed. But life is too short…
Group-chanting session Sharing session by Purelander Chanting practice precedes Dharma discussion Sharing session by another Purelander Sharing session by yet…
Participants trying out the practice of mindfulness of Buddha. Sharing by past participant, on the benefits of practising Buddha mindfulness.
A participant of my latest Pure Land class (http://thedailyenlightenment.com/2012/01/course-understanding-amituofo-via-the-amitabha-sutra-9th-run) had an interesting experience. While chanting the name of Amituofo in class for…
From the movie ‘Precious’ – Here Precious: And, I never really talked in class before. Ms Rain: How does that…
C: How I wish I can be born during the golden days when the Buddha is around, when there are…
L: Hi, you mentioned a few times that you had some doubts and questions about life some time ago, and…
Gil tells Adriana in ‘Midnight in Paris’, when they travelled back in time to an era of Paris (Belle Epoque)…
Detail from Segantini’s ‘The last task of the day’. Reminds me of the Dukkha of life’s routine burdens and dreariness,…
The best teachers must eventually teach ultimate Compassion and Wisdom. To encourage perfect Compassion, they must eventually advocate veganism, which…
I remember, in school’s history class, the textbooks did not really spell out why communism as an idea was destined…
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