“On the
assertion that a person born in the borderland
will in the end fall into hell.
In what
authoritative passage do we find such a statement? It is deplorable that this
is being maintained by people who pretend to be scholars. How are they reading
the sutras, treaties, and other sacred writings? I was taught that
practitioners who lack shinjin are born in the borderland because of their
doubt concerning the Primal Vow, and that, after
the evil of doubt has been expiated, they realize Enlightenment in the
fulfilled land.
Since
practitioners of shinjin are few, many are guided to the transformed land. To
declare, despite this that birth there will ultimately end in vain would be to
accuse Shakyamuni of lying.”
Everything
related with the Pure Land is the creation of Amida Buddha. It comes from his
enlightened activity and is the manifestation of it. All the manifestations of
Amida Buddha, especially his true Pure Land and the borderland of his Pure
Land, are real and effective in helping sentient beings
to achieve supreme Buddhahood.
