【The Three Types of Persons 】- carry one’s karmic debt to next rebirth

So in general for us beginners, we can only say: alas, at this contemporary time, look at how troubled the world is, the only thing you can do is focus on chanting Buddha’s name! Thus, regardless of what is happening, we just chant Buddha’s name, after all, once we get to [Pure Land]… So what is this known as? To carry one’s karmic debt over to next rebirth, and this is expressed very explicitly. Of course, there are people who bring up the concept of cleansing karmic debt before their next rebirth; everyone has their own reasoning, we should never argue on this, we should just hold on to the intended meaning. So, actually, even if we were able to go to Pure Land, but we would carry over our karmic debt, once we are there, what should we do gradually? Well, we still need to take the same path! We have to recognize the karmic debt and then we need to purify it. Isn’t this a matter of fact? That is how it works.

So, in fact, we think we are applying the teaching but, as far as this expedient approach goes, in order for us to be liberated from this cyclic existence, chanting Buddha’s name is the most laudable and remarkable approach! However, to directly purify our current afflictions and then gradually purify our afflicted propensities, honestly speaking, we are not even close. Isn’t it so? Think about it, is it right? This concept is very clear and explicit, why? Because, our understanding of the entire path; let alone the entire path, what is the path? We don’t know!

SOURCE 来源 :

32B 20’38” Vol 4 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P285 LL2
English Lamrim Vol 1 P129

日常师父法语📡32B 20’38”手抄稿第4册P285 LL2

道次引导 : 带业往生

所以一般对我们初机的人来说，只是说：哎呀，现在这个时候啊，你看看那个世间这么糟糕啊，你只有一个劲儿地念佛啊！所以我们不管什么就是念佛，反正去了以后……。所以这个叫作什么？带业往生，这是很明白地说得清楚。那么当然有人提出来这个消业往生，这个各有他的理由，我们千万不要在这上面诤论，我们把握住这个内容。所以实际上我们能去的，即使能去还带了个业，去了以后慢慢地怎么办哪？欸，你还是要走这个路啊！你要认得它，认得它了以后呢，然后你要净化它，这不是一个事实摆在这里吗？就这样。

所以实际上面我们觉得在修行，就是对这个方便法门来说，跳出这个生死轮回来说，这是个最殊胜，最了不起的一件事情！可是直接当下的说净除我们的烦恼，然后呢要想慢慢地把那个烦恼的习染把它洗干净这一点，正面来说的话，还没有碰到。对不对？想想看是不是？这个概念很清楚、很明白，为什么？因为我们对那个道的整体的内容，不要说整体谈不到，道是什么？不知道！