Quotes

Two Pure Land Patriarchs On Worldly & World-Transcending Dharma 净土祖师世出世间善法

敦伦尽分,
闲邪存诚,
诸恶莫作,
众善奉行。

净土宗十三祖印光大师
(世间善法)

[With] kindness [in] human relationships, [to the] utmost fulfil [one’s] part [responsibly], end evil [thoughts], maintain sincerity, [integrity and respect, of] all evils not do [them, and for] all good fulfil [them].

Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
(on worldly good Dharma) 

真为生死,
发菩提心,
深信切愿,
持佛名号。 

净土宗十二祖彻悟大师
(出世间善法)

Truly for [transcending the cycle of] birth [and] death, give rise [to the] Bodhi mind [i.e. Bodhicitta, with] profound Faith [and] sincere Aspiration, uphold [Practice of mindfulness of] Buddha’s name [i.e. Āmítuófó].

Pure Land Tradition’s 12th Patriarch Great Master Chèwù
(on world-transcending good Dharma)


深信发愿,即无上菩提。…
大本《阿弥陀经》,
亦以发菩提愿为要,正与此同。

净土宗九祖蕅益大师
《佛说阿弥陀经要解》

[With] profound [or deep] Faith giving rise [to the] Aspiration [to be born in Āmítuófó’s Pure Land, this] is unsurpassable Bodhi[citta]… [The] ‘larger [version of the] Amitā[bha] Sūtra’ [i.e. Immeasurable Life Sūtra; 无量寿经, is] likewise with giving rise [to the] Bodhi Aspiration [i.e. Bodhicitta] as essential [in its section on the Three Grades (三辈) for birth in Pure Land, which is] exactly with this, [the] same [in meaning].

Pure Land Tradition’s 9th Patriarch Great Master Ǒuyì
(Essential Explanation [Of The] Amitā[bha] Sūtra
[As] Spoken [By The] Buddha)

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