[6] Top Ten Reasons For Using Āmítuófó’s Name When Support-Chanting
十大以阿弥陀佛圣号助念的原因
[01] Greatest Ease: It is short and easy for the dying to follow, and for the living to recite, with even the very young and very old able to recite it.
[02] Most Cherished Tradition: Since ancient times, it is traditionally used by most Chinese Buddhists on the deathbed, including many Patriarchs (祖师) and Great Masters (大师).
[03] Collective Blessings: It is the ‘Great Name Of Ten Thousand Virtues’ (万德洪名), which connects to Āmítuófó, who is connected to all other Buddhas and their collective blessings.
[04] Dharma’s Essence: It is an unsurpassable mantra (无上咒), that contains the essence of all Buddhas (佛陀), Bodhisattvas (菩萨) and sūtra teachings (经教): https://purelanders.com/2011/12/16/the-name-of-amituofo-is-the-supreme-mantra.
[05] Sincerity Only: It only requires sincere Faith (至信) for the living to recite it, along with the dying doing so with sincere Aspiration (至愿), verbally or mentally, to connect to the Buddha. Even listening to the Buddha’s name with such utmost sincerity is mindfulness of Buddha.
[06] Offering Relief: It can relieve pain and suffering (痛苦), while offering peace and bliss (安乐). (Even with just one sincere recitation of the Buddha’s name, this can eliminate ’80 koṭis’ kalpas’ transgressions of births and deaths’ [八十亿劫生死之罪], that cause pain and suffering.)
[07] Best Destination: It leads to the best place of rebirth, as recommended by all Buddhas, that ensures the swiftest progress to Buddhahood (佛果) – the Western Pure Land Of Ultimate Bliss (西方极乐世界), through which all other Pure Lands and defiled lands (秽土) can be reached as wished.
[08] Great Efficacy: It is time-tested, with many ancient and contemporary testimonies of its efficacy in terms of auspicious signs (瑞相) upon connection and response (感应): https://purelanders.com/testimonies.
[09] Extensive Practicality: It is still useful and effective, for guiding the dying, after death, at the wake and at home, if rebirth has yet to take place. (For more on wake support-chanting, see https://purelanders.com/wake.)
[10] Universal Benefits: It offers many great worldly (世间) and world-transcending (出世间) benefits for the living too: https://purelanders.com/2011/12/16/the-name-of-amituofo-is-the-supreme-mantra.
相关教理
Related Teachings:
以念阿弥陀佛圣号为亡者做佛事之功德最大
With Recitation Of Āmítuófó’s Sacred Name Doing Buddhist Practices For The Deceased Are Meritorious Virtues The Greatest
https://purelanders.com/2023/02/26/with-recitation-of-amituofos-name-doing-buddhist-practice-for-the-deceased-are-meritorious-virtues-the-greatest
死亡前后与丧礼中后的诵念
Chanting When Dying, After Death, During And After Wakes
https://purelanders.com/wake
如法助念与《三时系念》之别
Differences Between Support-Chanting According With The Dharma And With Three Periods’ Continuous Recitation
https://purelanders.com/2022/12/03/differences-between-support-chanting-according-with-the-dharma-and-with-three-periods-continuous-recitation
助念冲突管理问答
Support-Chanting Conflict Management Q&A
https://purelanders.com/2023/02/16/qna-on-support-chanting-conflict-management
为何念阿弥陀佛而不念本师？
Why Be Mindful Of Āmítuófó Instead Of Our Fundamental Teacher?
https://purelanders.com/2023/02/17/why-be-mindful-of-amituofo-instead-of-our-fundamental-teacher-for-cultivation
‘十大’系列
‘Top Ten’ Series:
十大各人念佛障碍
[1] Top Ten Personal Niànfó Practice Obstacles
https://purelanders.com/2022/11/02/top-ten-personal-nianfo-practice-obstacles
引导临终者往生净土之十大障碍
[2] Top Ten Obstacles When Guiding The Dying To Reach Pure Land
https://purelanders.com/2022/11/02/top-ten-obstacles-when-guiding-the-dying-to-reach-pure-land
十大丧礼助念挑战
[3] Top Ten Wake Support-Chanting Challenges
https://purelanders.com/2022/11/02/top-ten-common-wake-support-chanting-challenges
十大念佛共修挑战
[4] Top Ten Niànfó Group Cultivation Challenges
https://purelanders.com/2022/11/02/top-ten-nianfo-group-cultivation-challenges
十大佛学班挑战
[5] Top Ten Buddhist Class Challenges
https://purelanders.com/2023/01/17/5-top-ten-buddhist-class-challenges
十大以弥陀圣号助念的原因
[6] Top Ten Reasons For Using Āmítuófó’s Name When Support-Chanting
https://purelanders.com/2023/02/15/6-top-ten-reasons-for-using-amituofos-name-when-support-chanting
十大对净土教理的误解
[7] Top Ten Misconceptions About The Pure Land Teachings
https://purelanders.com/2023/02/20/7-top-ten-misconceptions-about-pure-land-teachings
十大修学助念之利益
[8] Top Ten Benefits Of Practising Support-Chanting
https://purelanders.com/2017/11/25/10-reasons-to-practise-support-chanting-for-the-dying-deceased
十大念佛利益
[9A] Top Ten Benefits From Mindfulness Of Buddha
https://purelanders.com/2019/04/19/does-mindfulness-of-buddha-only-benefit-last-moments
十大念佛之今生利益
[9B] Top Ten Benefits From Mindfulness Of Buddha For This Life
https://purelanders.com/2018/07/21/ten-great-benefits-in-this-present-life-from-mindfulness-of-buddha
十大秽土与净土难易之分别（一）
[10A] Top Ten Difficulties In This Defiled Land Vs Ease In That Pure Land (1)
https://purelanders.com/2012/01/17/ten-comparisons-of-the-suffering-of-samsara-vs-the-bliss-of-pure-land
十大秽土与净土难易之分别（二）
[10B] Top Ten Difficulties In This Defiled Land Vs Ease In That Pure Land (2)
娑婆十难与净土十易
Sahā World’s Ten Difficulties And Pure Land’s Ten Easinesses
https://purelanders.com/2023/02/20/ten-great-easinesses-in-pure-land
十大净土法门兴起之因缘
[11] Top Ten Great Causes And Conditions Giving Rise To The Pure Land Dharma Door
https://purelanders.com/2020/03/05/ten-great-causes-and-conditions-giving-rise-to-the-pure-land-dharma-door
十大临终念佛障碍
[12] Top Ten Obstacles Of Mindfulness Of Buddha When Approaching Death
https://purelanders.com/2022/02/26/when-approaching-lifes-end-with-ten-matters
《净土十要》
[13] The Pure Land Tradition’s Ten Essentials
https://purelanders.com/shiyao
《净土十疑论》
[14] The Treatise On Ten Doubts About Pure Land
https://purelanders.com/shiyi
《普贤菩萨十大愿》所启发之《至心念佛偈》
[15] ‘Verses On Mindfulness Of Buddha With The Sincere Mind’ As Inspired By ‘Universal Virtue Bodhisattva’s Ten Great Vows’
https://purelanders.com/2021/11/20/verses-on-mindfulness-of-buddha-with-the-sincere-mind
《十大碍行》/《十不求行》(跋)
[16] (Afterword On) ‘Practices With Ten Great Obstacles’ Or ‘Ten Kinds Of Non-Seeking’
https://purelanders.com/shi
十念记数法与晨朝十念法
[17] The Method Of Ten Recitations With Counting & The Method Of Early Morning’s Ten Recitations
https://purelanders.com/2019/08/31/the-method-of-ten-recitations-with-counting-n-the-method-of-early-mornings-ten-recitations
十信
[18] The Ten Faiths
https://purelanders.com/2012/06/25/the-ten-faiths-%e5%8d%81%e4%bf%a1
十大阿弥陀佛如此受欢迎的原因
[19] Top Ten Reasons Why Āmítuófó is So Popular
阿弥陀佛第十七愿的意义
Significance Of Āmítuófó’s 17th Vow
https://purelanders.com/2011/12/10/top-ten-reasons-why-amituofo-is-so-popular-significance-of-the-17th-vow-of-amituofo
十大陀罗尼被（往生被）须知
[20] Top Ten Facts To Know About The Dhāraṇī (Rebirth) Blanket
https://purelanders.com/2023/02/25/top-ten-facts-to-know-about-the-dhara%e1%b9%87i-rebirth-blanket
