Disciple: Master, how do we
witness Sukhavathi?
Master Shen
Kai: That's easy. But Sukhavathi is very far away. How far? It's
passing through hundreds of thousands of millions of Buddhalands.
In between this hundreds of thousands of millions of Buddhalands
are not Buddhalands but Hui Tu(samsaric pureland?).
Buddhalands are pure where Buddhas dwell. Sukhavathi is hence very
very far away. but Far does not mean we don't believe. In the
sutras, Buddha used to explain that it's very very near. So near
that nobody believe it's true. There's no choice as sentient beings
are too attached, hence say it's very very far away and not easy to
go or reach. So He expound the Amitabha Sutra, where Buddha spoke
without people asking. If a person is not greedy, then Dharmakaya
is very near as it encompass everything. Since it's entire
existence, it's so near to reach like space everywhere exist
Dharmakaya. Without Dharmakaya, Earth cannot be in the air. Cars
cannot works. Every thing is benefited by Dharmakaya.
above is last time i translated from an audio one. reading
again. i have yet to understand what exactly is hui tu 慧土?
i'm thinking, it's not samsaric pureland? but normal
ordinary land? difficult to search.
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