{"id":5531,"date":"2010-03-22T18:29:22","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T10:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=5531"},"modified":"2010-03-22T18:38:11","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T10:38:11","slug":"a-message-from-amitabha-buddha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/03\/a-message-from-amitabha-buddha\/","title":{"rendered":"‘A Message’ from Amitabha Buddha?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here’s my Dharma interpretation of a song by Coldplay to share:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A Message<\/strong><\/p>\n

My song is love
\nLove to the loveless shown
\nAnd it goes on
\nYou don’t have to be alone
\nYour heavy heart
\nIs made of stone
\nAnd it’s so hard to see you clearly
\nYou don’t have to be on your own
\nYou don’t have to be on your own<\/p>\n

Comments: <\/strong>Amitabha Buddha’s (Amituofo) 48 vows<\/a><\/em> proclaimed is his song of unending True Love for all beings, especially the loveless, lonely and hardened, who cannot see see themselves clearly on their own. His vows assure us that the challenging path to Buddhahood need not be tread alone, that his other-power can empower us too.<\/span><\/p>\n

And I’m not gonna take it back
\nAnd I’m not gonna say I don’t mean that
\nYou’re the target that I’m aiming at
\nGot to get that message home<\/p>\n

Comments: <\/strong>Amituofo is not going to take back his words. We are the targeted ones he vowed to rescue from Samsara. This is the message he wants all Buddhas of every direction to spread beings of their worlds (as stated in the Amitabha Sutra).<\/span><\/p>\n

My song is love
\nMy song is love, unknown
\nBut I’m on fire for you, clearly
\nYou don’t have to be alone
\nYou don’t have to be on your own<\/p>\n

Comments:<\/strong> Amituofo’s song sings of True Love that might otherwise be unknown to us. As a Bodhisattva in the past, he had braved the elements to perfect his True Love, and continues to do so, even as a Buddha.
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\nAnd I’m not gonna take it back
\nAnd I’m not gonna say I don’t mean that
\nYou’re the target that I’m aiming at
\nAnd I’m nothing on my own<\/strong>
\nGot to get that message home<\/p>\n

Comments: <\/strong>Amituofo would not be able to attain Buddhahood without having given rise to Bodhicitta, the aspiration to guide all beings to Buddhahood. And his attainment of Buddhahood would be meaningless if he does not continue to help all beings.<\/span><\/p>\n

And I’m not gonna stand and wait
\nNot gonna leave it until it’s much too late
\nOn a platform I’m gonna stand and say
\nThat I’m nothing on my own
\nAnd I love you, please come home
\nMy song is love, is love unknown
\nAnd I’ve got to get that message home<\/p>\n

Comments: <\/strong>Amituofo does not simply wait for us to reach his Pure Land. As above, he requests all other Buddhas to urge as many as they can to be born there, to see it as the True Home, where there is no suffering, where enlightenment is definite.<\/span><\/p>\n

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