Patriarch Ou-i's Commentary on the
Amitabha
Sutra
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Clubs/buddhism/mindseal/content.html
for purelanders, it's very inspiring to read. Patriarch Yin
Guang had praised that even Buddha were to come and comment on this
Sutra, it wouldn't exceed that of Patriarch Ou-i. so if Yin Guang
is Mahasthamaprapta, then if Ou-i is not Amitabha, He must be
Avalokitesvara at least. As it's so profound that even a 等覺
(the fifty-first stage of a bodhisattva's practice) might have
difficulty understand how Nien-fo/Pureland method can work so
well in attaining Full Enlightenment in such a realistic way.
we can see for REAL how many many many people are liberated
as compare to other methods. can't even use One Buddha Vehicle to
compare. for One Buddha Vehicle, we have Avatamsaka, Lotus and
Brahma Net. In Pureland, the 3 most important vow of Amitabha are
18, 19 and 20.
Provided I become a Buddha, if the beings of ten quarters who
have directed their thoughts towards the Bodhi and cultivated their
stock of various merits with a fervent craving for re-birth in that
country of mine, if at the moment of death, should I not appear
with an assembly of retinue before them, then may I not attain the
enlightenment.
Provided I become a Buddha, if the beings of ten quarters, after
having heard my name always longing for that country of mine and
cultivating various essential merits for the purpose of realizing
their earnest wish to be born in my country, should their
fulfillment be failed, then may I not attain the enlightenment.
if compare hinayana and Mahayana, hinayana is
unreal/expedient, while Mahayana is real. if compare Mahayana and
One Vehicle, mahayana is unreal, while One vehicle is real. if
compare One vehicle to vow 19, vow 19 is real, while One vehicle is
still unreal. if compare vow 19 to vow 20, vow 20 is realistic, vow
19 is still unreal. if compare vow 20 to vow 18, vow 18
is REAL, vow 20 is still unreal/expedient.
the comparision is from olden day masters. detail: ftp://new.pllc.cn/media/64K/02/039/02-039-0148b.mp3
when all sutras were to disappear, Infinity Sutra will remain
for another 100 years, then Amitabha for another 100 years, then
the six syllables Namo Amitabha/Amituofo for another 100
years, then the four syllables Amitabha/Amituofo for
another 100 years helping countless beings!
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