‘现今世运危岌,果能志诚念佛,决定可以逢凶化吉。否则,现在之祸害,比以前不同,直是避无可避,防不胜防… 当与眷属详言之,则存亡均获利益矣。’
– 净土宗十三祖印光大师
(复谈少抚居士书)
‘Nowadays, the destiny of the world is in a precarious state. If able to sincerely be mindful of Buddha [i.e. Nianfo], this definitely can transform the inauspicious met to be the auspicious. Otherwise, disasters now, compared with the past, are not the same, and are just unavoidable, [even if wishing to be] avoided, not able to be guarded against… This should, with family members, be detailedly spoken of, thus for the living and deceased equally obtaining benefits.’
– The Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yinguang
(Reply Letter To Layman Tan Shaofu)