It is hard to believe that ordinary people can be reborn in the Pure Land if they are negligent in reciting Buddha's name!

In Pure Land Buddhism, we only use one Amitabha Buddha with the mind of "no regrets or doubts" to prevent impure karma and achieve pure karma. Only then is it truly repenting!

Why can reciting Buddha's name with the mind of "no regrets or doubts" eliminate all karmic obstacles and achieve pure karma?Because when the three karmas of body, speech, and mind are pure, the previous mistakes will not be repeated; that is the true effect of repentance. In one sentence of Amitabha Buddha, all sins and afflictions from now on are discarded, no longer concerned with them, and no need to regret the evil deeds done, then that is the most effective method of repentance, achieving a pure mind. When the mind is pure, what does karma rely on to act?

In short, if in the mind there is only one sentence of Amitabha Buddha, no longer thinking about past sins, no regrets, no doubts, then that is not creating sins again! Thinking of sins once in the mind is creating karma once more, how terrifying! In the mind, the thought of regretting the sins committed is creating more karma, then who knows when the karma will end; This is truly a very scary thing!

Therefore, we must definitely know clearly and practice this unique repentance method of Amitabha Buddha: Always thinking of Amitabha Buddha in the mind will not only mean that from now on, we will no longer create evil karma, but also from now on, we will always increase our good roots, blessings and causes and conditions to meet Amitabha Buddha and be reborn in the Pure Land, becoming a Buddha in one lifetime! So, is it true that in one sentence of Amitabha Buddha, everything is accomplished to perfection and completion? It is truly an extremely easy method of practice, but the effect is extremely high!

What if we do not recite Amitabha Buddha? Then we create karma! Venerable Subhuti sat in meditation, his mind was so calm that it was so pure and clean, the King of Heaven, Trayastrimsa, saw this and was extremely respectful, scattered heavenly Mandala flowers as offerings, and praised. And what are we doing sitting facing the wall? To think about delusions! Sitting there observing whether we have attained enlightenment? That is delusion! Sitting there waiting to see which realm we have entered? That is delusion! If we give up reciting Buddha's name to sit in one place and think about delusions, even the King of Heaven, Dao Loi, would have to sigh inwardly, this is a pitiful person!

In other words, Zen is not a bad method, but we ourselves are too bad, we do not have the ability to practice Zen. If we know that we do not have the ability to leave thoughts, then we should recite the Buddha's name all day from morning to night without interruption, the mind does not leave the Buddha, the Buddha does not leave the mind, we must do so in order to not create any more sins in the Alaya Consciousness.

If the environment in the house is noisy, making it impossible for us to keep the Buddha's name uninterrupted for 24 hours, we should always carry a personal earphone on our ears. This is very trendy, young people nowadays all have personal audio devices to listen to something, then we also have one to listen to Buddha recitation, to listen to sutra chanting, to listen to sutra lectures. Whoever wants to listen to something, just listen to it, no one can bother anyone else.

Other people use their personal audio devices to listen to the six paths of samsara, to create impure karma in the Alaya consciousness. We also use that device to listen to Amitabha Buddha, to listen to the Western Pure Land, to create pure karma and thus achieve pure karma. Both sides use this same method of “listening”; yet others fall into the six paths because of listening, and we also escape from the six paths because of listening. Why? Because we know how to listen like Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara: “Turn the Hearing upside down to listen to the self-nature, so the nature becomes the supreme path.” We turn the hearing of the Buddha’s name to the self-nature of Amitabha, so the nature becomes the supreme path, which is also the Dharma of Avalokiteshvara! At all times, we also contemplate the sound of the Buddha’s name! For 24 hours a day, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, we only listen like that without interruption, then one day suddenly it is completely clear and bright, in the natural form it is suddenly pure, the light is immeasurable, naturally merging, the ultimate transformation. Transforming what into what is called the ultimate? Transforming a “negligent ordinary person” into a Buddha; that is called “the ultimate transformation.”

Bodhisattva is of sharp faculties, negligent sentient beings are of dull faculties. Those with sharp faculties and dull faculties only need to recite the Buddha's name, and they can be reborn and become Buddhas. Is there any dharma that is purer and more equal than this dharma? Furthermore, the six realms of sentient beings, including all hell beings, hungry ghosts, animals, males, females, and males, all of these beings only need to recite the Buddha's name to be reborn and become Buddhas. Let us consider that the scope of this dharma is so vast! Not only this world, but also the boundless and limitless Buddha realms of the ten directions, Amitabha Buddha equally accepts them all.

Let us observe carefully to verify. From ancient times until now, the stories recorded in the Vãng Sanh Truyen are only those who were reborn that everyone knows about. There are many people who were reborn in this world, but no one knows about them, so they are not recorded. How can we know about the rebirth of living beings in the evil realms, ghost realms, and hell realms? If we read the book Vật Do Như Như, which specializes in recording the rebirth of animals, we will immediately know that the merit of Amitabha's name is beyond imagination.

Anyone who believes and accepts these rebirth stories as true, and wholeheartedly recites them, will not fail to be reborn, let alone those who recite the Buddha's name and truly attain enlightenment. When we are reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, then our merit in studying Buddhism will be considered complete, and the great work will be accomplished. If we cannot believe in Amitabha Buddha, then even if we attain the fruit of Arhat or Pratyekabuddha in this life, that merit cannot be called complete. Therefore, we must know that “single-mindedly reciting Buddha’s name” is not a matter of one life, but is the result of many lives and many kalpas of accumulation, so that we can have the achievements we have today. Therefore, we must cherish this life, must make efforts, must be diligent, and be determined not to miss out.

Only “single-mindedly reciting Buddha’s name” is the greatest thing in this life. Let all other matters of human affairs in this world be as they are, as long as they do not hinder us from reciting Buddha’s name, we can endure anything, in order to achieve our own spiritual path in this life.