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  1. Heart Sutra (淨土證心集)
  2. Volume 1 (第一)
  3. The merit of reciting the name is never wasted. (持名功不虗棄)
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Heart Sutra (淨土證心集)


持名功不虗棄
問眾生蒙昧未曾參究。而不知理性。雖教終身念佛。倘不往生。非徒勞耶。答非徒勞矣。法華經云。諸所說法。隨其義趣。皆與實相不相違背。若說俗間經書。治世語言。資生業等。皆順正法。觀此便可知矣。而治世語言。尚且不違。何況正念洪名。反施徒勞耶。十念尚且得生。何況終身無間。反不生彼耶。所以不足疑也。古德云。無禪有淨土。萬修萬人去。但得見彌陀。無愁不開悟。故知不可執定參究。隨願往生經云。佛國無量。專求極樂者。以因勝十念為因故。以緣勝四十八願普度眾生故。所以祇要爾肯。何慮不生。一信永信。念佛無秘訣。要在心死也。

求生欲根本
求生要學信實

CBETA Code: X1196

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