Sayings of the Pure Land Buddhist Masters
If your faith and vows are solid and strong, then even you recite the Buddha-name only ten times, or only once, as you are on the brink of death, you are sure to attain birth in the Pure Land. Without faith and vows, even if you recite the Buddha-name until [you achieve a level of concentration the Zen literature describes as] "wind cannot enter you and rain cannot wet you" and "you stand like a silver wall or and iron wall", you will still not have a way to be born in the Pure Land.
Those who cultivate Pure Land practices must realize this truth. The Longer Amitabha Sutra also takes vows as essential and is identical in meaning to this section.
Mind-Seal of the Buddhas
Patriarch Ou-i's Commentary on the
Amitabha Sutra
Patriarch Ou-i's Commentary on the
Amitabha Sutra
Translated by J.C. Cleary
Foreword, Notes and Glossary by Van Hien Study Group
Foreword, Notes and Glossary by Van Hien Study Group
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