The Dharma-door of Reciting the Buddha’s name works very directly. You need only to concentrate your mind, and naturally you will attain the Buddha Recitation Samadhi. There is no need to further investigate its meaning, or pile a head on top of a head, looking for business when there’s nothing to do. Reciting to the point of single-mindedness, when the water fl ows and the wind blows, all are proclaiming the wonderful Dharma of the Mahayana. Of the mountains, rivers and great earth, none are not our self-nature of True Suchness. The Buddha and I have become one; the Buddha and I were originally not two. When the point is reached of not reciting and yet reciting, reciting and yet not reciting, then inside there is no body or mind and outside there is no world. Empty space is smashed to pieces, the tracks of false thoughts have vanished. In lucid stillness, the pure original source appears. Then one attains great ease and comfort, great liberation, and great calm. One can certify to limitless life and fulfi ll one’s vows of Bodhi. A verse says, Concentrate on reciting the Buddha’s name, in the country of calm dwelling; With Amitabha’s great vows one goes to the West. The three levels and nine grades of lotuses manifest; The six paramitas and the myriad conducts are perfected in a kshana. Guan Yin and Great Strength Bodhisattvas are our companions. With Manjushri and Universal Worthy, we sail on the same Dharma boat. Our compassionate father brings us back to our old village: Originally, the world of Ultimate Bliss was our homeland. (Dharma Talks by Verrable Master Hsuan Hua)
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 02:32:50 +0000
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