「研究其他经论，欲现生了生脱死，恐梦也梦不着」 | 净本法师开示
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印光大师曾一针见血地指出：「研究其他经论，欲现生了生脱死，恐梦也梦不着。」大师这句话振聋发聩—我们今生若只钻研净土经典之外的大经大论，想要了脱生死，恐怕连做梦都难以企及。这不是说难以实现，而是说我们连这样的境界都难以梦见。试想：我们诵《心经》能当下成为观自在菩萨吗？读《金刚经》能即刻证得释迦牟尼佛的境界吗？显然不能。因为这些经典都需要众生自力修行、断除烦恼方能成就。就像银行职员日日经手巨款，那钱终究不是自己的；我们研习其他经论，纵使倒背如流，所得仍是诸佛菩萨的智慧，而非自身证悟。印祖此言，实乃透彻之谈。
然而念佛法门却迥然不同。一句「南無阿彌陀佛」，纵使愚钝，也有弥陀慈父携十方诸佛日夜护念。犹如残疾稚子，虽不能自理，却有父母悉心照料。昙鸾大师妙喻：「如劣夫跨驴不上，从转轮王行，便乘虚空，游四天下。」这正是他力法门的殊胜之处——不必苦苦靠自己攀登，乘佛愿力即得保证解脱。
English Translation:
Astonishing! The Master bluntly declares: Want liberation in this very life without reciting the Buddha’s Name? Don’t even dream about it!
| Venerable Jingben |
Master Yin Guang once struck straight to the heart of the matter: “If one immerses themselves in other scriptures yet hopes to end birth‑and‑death in this very life, they won’t manage it even in their dreams.” His words thunder in our ears—should we spend this lifetime poring over tomes outside the Pure‑Land canon, the hope of escaping saṁsāra becomes a fantasy we cannot even dream of. Think about it: can chanting the Heart Sutra instantly make us Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva? Can reciting the Diamond Sutra immediately grant us the realization of Śākyamuni Buddha? Clearly not. Those teachings require beings to rely on their own effort, sever afflictions, and cultivate over countless eons. It is like a bank clerk counting immense sums every day—the money is never his. However fluently we recite other profound treatises, the wisdom attained is still that of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, not our own realization. Master Yin Guang’s warning is therefore piercingly clear.
Yet the practice of Name‑recitation is entirely different. With a single “Namo Amitābha Buddha,” even if one is dull‑witted, is held day and night in the compassionate embrace of Amitābha, the loving Father, together with the Buddhas of the ten directions. Like a disabled child who, though unable to care for himself, is tenderly looked after by his parents. Master Tanluan offers a marvelous analogy: “It is as if a feeble man, unable even to mount a donkey, joins the procession of a Wheel‑Turning King and is borne through the sky, roaming the four continents.” Such is the supremacy of the Other‑Power path—no need to climb laboriously by our own strength; by relying on the Buddha’s vow‑power, liberation is assured.
⧉ Excerpt from Venerable Jingben’s Commentary on the Buddha Speaks of Amitābha Sutra
⧉ Pure Land Buddhism ⧉
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