樂邦遺稿 1.9

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1.9

The Dazhidulun says: "The Buddha appears in the evil world of the five defilements, and divides the path of the One Vehicle into the three vehicles." If so, since Amitābha Buddha was not born in the evil world of the five defilements, why does he also establish the three vehicles? The answer: When all Buddhas first generate the mind [for awakening], seeing that all Buddhas deliver sentient beings by means of the three vehicles, they personally make the vow: "I too will now deliver sentient beings by means of the Dharma of the three vehicles."

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