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Why should we recite the name of only one Buddha – Amitabha？｜03 Practical Advice for Pure Land P

03 Practical Advice for Pure Land Practitioners Why should we recite the name of only one Buddha – Amitabha？ —————————————————————— 淨土宗澳洲 Pure Land Buddhism Australia Facebook👇   / plb18.au   ———————— 净土宗官方網站 The official website of the Pure Land Buddhism： 台湾（中文）https://www.plb.tw/tc/index.aspx Taiwan（English）：http://www.purelandbuddhism.org/ 海外（Chinese & English）：https://www.plb-sea.org/ ——————————————————————————— 03 Practical Advice for Pure Land Practitioners Why should we recite the name of only one Buddha – Amitabha？ The path we cultivate is Pure Land. Simply put, the Pure Land path is recitation of Amitabha Buddha’s name. It is said there are 84,000 Dharma paths in Buddhism. In China, they have been organized into eight branches: Tiantai, Ch’an (Zen), Esoteric, Huayan, Yogacara (Consciousness-Only), Sanlun (Three Treatises), Precepts, and Pure Land. Why should we study Pure Land, and recite the name of only one Buddha -- Amitabha? Because the other traditions require individuals’ own efforts to seek liberation. They must cultivate the precepts, mediation and wisdom, and eradicate the Three Poisons of greed, anger and ignorance. Why eliminate the Poisons? Because they lead us to create karmic causes, entrapping us in the Six Realms of samsara. As long as the Three Poisons have not been eradicated, there is no liberation. Think about it: Can we achieve liberation through our own efforts? No. This may be hard for Buddhist beginners to appreciate. If they haven’t practiced self- cultivation, they would not know whether it is easy or hard. Only after doing so do they realize it is difficult. That’s why many who have turned to Pure Land are those who practiced for some time. After three to five years, or ten to 20 years, they realize they just aren’t up to the task. For example, to travel from this shore to the opposite one, we could swim, or ride a bamboo raft or a regular boat. But only after disembarking does it strike us that we lack the stamina to swim across. Moreover, there are large waves. Even a sturdy boat may sink half-way. That’s to say, all other the Buddhist schools rely on self-power to achieve liberation. It’s like swimming or rowing a boat to the distant shore. Only Pure Land practitioners depend entirely on Amitabha Buddha’s ship of the Fundamental Vow for their deliverance. The vessel is also called the ship of the Great Vow, which means it is expansive and broad. The ship is huge and strong, capable of riding out the seas of suffering in samsara’s Six Realms. And riding on the vessel is so easy that everyone can do it. Worldly affairs invariably depend on conditions and abilities. Only Amitabha Buddha’s deliverance, love, compassion and supernal powers are given to us without requiring anything in return. In fact, Amitabha Buddha is offering them on his own initiative. He even implores us to accept his deliverance. The Pure Land path is simply Amitabha asking us, waiting for us to accept his deliverance. That is why Pure Land is completely different from the other schools of Buddhism. Thank you Namo Amitabha Buddha