Namo Amitabha: Hello, dear brother, "Mahasmaprapta Bodhisattva Chanting Buddha's Perfect Chapter" is the Heart Sutra of the Pure Land. It is shorter than the Heart Sutra you usually read. You can also recite it for easy study. This sutra It comes from the fifth volume of the Surangama Sutra. Due to the advocacy of Master Yinguang, the 13th generation founder of the Pure Land Sect, it has become the first-class sutra among the Five Classics and One Treatise of the Pure Land Sect in China. At the Surangama Conference, Shakyamuni Buddha asked the great Bodhisattvas how to enter meditation and gain enlightenment. Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva said that he had succeeded in practicing the method of chanting Buddha's name. The key was to "take in all the six roots and have pure thoughts one after another." Concentrate your mind, remember the Buddha and chant the Buddha's name, maintain pure thoughts, and continue continuously.
The full text of "The Perfect Chapter of Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva's Recitation of Buddha" is as follows:
The original text of "The Perfect Chapter of Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva's Recitation of Buddha"
The Perfect Chapter of Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva's Recitation of Buddha
>Translated by Master Banla Midi from Tianzhu, Tang Dynasty.
This chapter has 244 words (excluding punctuation).
The Mahasthamaprapta Dharma Prince, together with the fifty-two Bodhisattvas, stood up from his seat, bowed at the Buddha's feet, and said to the Buddha: "I recall the past, aeons of sands in the Ganges River, when a Buddha appeared in the world, whose name was immeasurable. Light. The last of the twelve Tathagatas is called Super Sun and Moon Light. For example, one person is dedicated to remembering and the other is dedicated to forgetting. If the two of them meet, they may not see each other. The two of them remember each other, and they remember each other deeply. From birth to birth, they are the same shape and shadow, and they are not different. If the son remembers the mother, as the mother remembers, the mother and the child will not be far away from each other. If the sentient beings remember the Buddha and chant the Buddha, they will definitely see the Buddha not far away. A person who is dyed with fragrance has a fragrant fragrance. This is called the fragrant light. I have entered the realm of non-birth with the mind of the Buddha. I have no choice. , all six roots are captured, and pure thoughts are successively achieved, which is the first.”
The merits of chanting Buddha’s name are unimaginable. To seek rebirth in the Pure Land by faithfully chanting Buddha’s name, please refer to the "Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva's Name of Buddha" explained by Master Jingkong. Yuantong Chapter". Amitabha.