Namo Amitabha
Master Di-Xian and the student who so successfully chanted “Namo Amituofo” for three years, the student knew in advance when he would be born into the Pure Land. He told the woman who brought his food daily, that she need not bring it the following day. After he passed away from this world, he remained in a standing position for three days waiting for his master to come to make final arrangements. His birth into the Pure Land was into the highest level. His accomplishment is proof of the eighteenth vow, which explains to us that this birth can be accomplished with just ten recitations of “Amituofo”.
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The
Heart Sutra
"AND HE PASSES FAR BEYOND CONFUSED
IMAGINATION."
This
statement is related to the obstacle or obstruction of passion. That
obstruction has its root in the defilement of confusion or ignorance,
manifested as mistaking the impermanent for permanent, the ugly for
beautiful, and suffering for happiness. It is the way of people of
mundane interests. The bodhisattva whose perception has been clarified
through Prajna has been liberated to a great extent from that
obstruction.
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Namo Amitabha
Life’s most
awesome event is death, and death comes to all without regard to wealth, beauty, intelligence or fame.
Death is inevitable, but how you die—terrified and confused, or with confidence and spiritual
mastery—is within your control.
