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 Foreword

Written by Miao-yin

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An easy, convenient, and a perfect method of reciting Amitabha Buddha’s name for beginners (Teaching of the Samadhi of Amitabha Buddha recitation or the meditation of Amitabha Buddha recitation):

1. First, please join your palms and recite: “Homage to the Original Teacher Sakyamuni Buddha (three times). Homage to the Buddhas in ten directions of past, present, and future (three times). Homage to Amithabha Buddha (three times), Homage to Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva (three times). Homage to Mahāsthāmaprāpta Bodhisattva (three times). Release your palms.” You may memorize this part of the recitation for feather practice.

2. Counting beads to assist your recitation of  Amitabha Buddha’s name. While reciting, pass your fingers over each bead as you recite once the name of Amitabha Buddha. There is only Amitabha Buddha that appears in your heart, do not be distracted by any other thoughts. If you do think of other things, keep yourself back on track to focus on your recitation. You need to recite Amitabha Buddha until the end of one session and release your palms. Then, remember to transfer merit of this session. When you focus on the names of Amitabha Buddha, you develop a form of Samadhi, namely “Samadhi of Amitabha Buddha recitation”.

 3. My method of transferring merit (please join your palms): “May the merit and virtue accrued from this work, transfer to all beings in the whole universe. May all beings while retribution body is over, be born together in Ultimate Bliss.”....When finishing recitation or done with some good deeds, even reading a sutra,or recite any mantra, or memorizing a sutra, please do transfer your merit. As transferring merit, you expending your heart to maximum, therefore your merit and virtue expended at the same time. 

As one who wishes to protect and benefit relatives and friends by reciting Amitabha Buddha’s name should join palms to transfer merit with reciting the mantra: “In the name of (one’s name), may the merit and virtue of this practice transfer to beings in whole universe to be reborn in the Ultimate Bliss after death of their retribution life.”

If you wish to transfer merit to someone who passed away, you may transfer merit by reciting the mantra: “In the name of (whom passed away), may the merit and virtue of this practice transfer to beings be reborn in the Ultimate Bliss after death of their retribution life.”

Annotations:

1. If one who wishes to be reborn in the Ultimate Bliss and achieve complete and perfect Buddhahood should recite even ten times of Amitabha Buddha’s name before death (the last thought before your death should be Amitabha Buddha’s name). As one finished his/her life will be welcomed by Amitabha Buddha and great Bodhisattvas in the Ultimate Bliss. The great Ones will lead this man or woman to be reborn in the Ultimate Bliss and soon achieve their Buddhahood. Once they achieved the fruitfulness of Buddhahood will return to this earth as a Buddha and teach sentient beings how to practice Amitabha Buddha recitation to be reborn in the Ultimate Bliss.

2. When sleeping, if your body suddenly couldn’t move willingly; feel something lied on your chest that caused you suffocation; being played around by invisible substances; you closed eyes but still could sense strange darkness surrounding; please do recite Amitabha Buddha’s name for couple minutes immediately. As you reciting Amitabha Buddha’s name, the invisible force or demons will be gone right away. (Please recite Amitabha Buddha’s name daily and adopt it as part of your life, then no evil will befall on you).

3. If your Dharma practice is based on Chinese scripture, the pronunciation may be: “Homage” as namo, “Sakyamuni” as shi-jia-mo-ni, and “Buddha” as “fo”.