World Sacred Scriptures

The Sutra of Immeasurable Life

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E ach receives his karmic consequences and nobody else can take his place. In accordance with different acts of good and evil, people are destined to realms of bliss or suffering.

quote 8004 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

F in the midst of this, one controls one’s thoughts with single- mindedness, does worthy deeds with proper demeanor, commits no evil, and performs only good, then with the merit and virtue acquired one reaches emancipation and is able to escape from this world, be reborn in heavenly realms, and finally reach Nirvana.

quote 7951 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

B ut others are honorable, noble, wealthy, intelligent, or clever. This is the result of good and meritorious acts of benevolence and the performance of their duties to their parents in past lives.

quote 7945 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

A lthough each individual is reborn alone, those bound by common karma come to be born together and take revenge upon each other. So this condition persists endlessly and, until the effect of their evil karma is exhausted, there is no possibility of avoiding their enemies.

quote 7930 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

T he law of karma operates like a net stretched everywhere; in its meshes, it inevitably catches all offenders. The net woven of large and small ropes covers the whole world, from top to bottom, and those caught in it feel utterly helpless and tremble in fear. This net has been in existence from of old. How painful and heart-rending!

quote 7929 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

I n accordance with different acts of good and evil, people are destined to realms of bliss or suffering. Unalterably bound by their karma, they depart for those realms all alone. Having reached the other world, they cannot see each other. The law of good and evil naturally pursues them, and wherever they may be reborn, distance and darkness always separate them.

quote 7928 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

N ot knowing how to do good, they commit evil and do outrageous and unruly deeds. Later, they receive retribution, it is natural that they should be destined to evil realms. Demigods keep records of offenders’ acts and make sure that they are punished.

quote 7927 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

G ood people do good deeds, and so enjoy pleasure after pleasure and proceed from light to greater light. Evildoers commit crimes, and so suffer pain after pain and wander from darkness to deeper darkness.

quote 7925 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

W hen wealthy and prosperous, they are happy and do not learn to be modest and virtuous . Consequently, their pomp and power are short-lived; when these are exhausted, they must undergo further afflictions. Their sufferings are bound to increase in time to come.

quote 7924 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

S uch is retribution in this world, but in the lives to come, punishment is longer and more severe for such evildoers. The suffering of transmigration through dark and dismal realms is comparable to the severest and most painful punishment ever enforced by law.

quote 7923 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

P eople commit nothing but evil and fail to cultivate roots of virtue, and so it is natural that they all go to evil realms.

quote 7921 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

H e upholds the Tathagata’s profound Dharma-treasury and protects the seeds of Buddhahood, so that they may continue to multiply.

quote 7904 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

H e indeed looks upon sentient beings as his own self. With such roots of virtue, all the bodhisattvas in the assembly had reached the shore of emancipation.

quote 7903 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

H aving obtained the eye of wisdom, I⁴³ will remove the darkness of ignorance; I will block all the evil paths. And open the gate to the good realms.

quote 7902 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

H aving awakened great compassion for sentient beings, he kindly expounds the teaching, and endows them with the Dharmaeye. He blocks the paths to the three evil realms, opens the gate of virtue and, without waiting for their request, provides beings with the Dharma.

quote 7901 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

W ithout being asked to do so, he becomes a good friend to each within the multitude of beings and carries their heavy karmic burdens on his back.

quote 7900 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

T hey have completed the bodhisattva’s course of Paramitas and practiced the samadhis of emptiness, non-form and non-desire, the samadhi of non-arising and non-ceasing and many other samadhis; they have gone far beyond the stages of sravakas and pratyekabuddhas.

quote 7892 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

H e dwelt in the realization that all dharmas are empty, devoid of distinctive features, and not to be sought after, and that they neither act nor arise; he thus realized that all dharmas are like magical creations.

quote 7891 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

A ll should seek emancipation, cut the roots of samsara and its various evils, and so aspire to esc ape from the paths of immeasurable sorrow, fear and pain in the three evil realms.

quote 7875 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

S trong-willed and diligent, their determination never falters. Thus they become lamps to the world and fields of supreme merit; they always become teachers and harbor no thought of discrimination, aversion, or attachment.

quote 7874 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

I f one sincerely, diligently and unceasingly seeks the Way, one will be able to reach one’s destination. What vow is there which cannot be fulfilled?

quote 7873 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

P ossessed of the power to persevere , he did not avoid undergoing various afflictions. Having little desire for his own sake, he knew contentment. Without any impure thought, enmity or stupidity, he dwelt continually in tranquil samadhi.

quote 7860 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

H e did not harbor any thought of greed, hatred or cruelty; nor did he allow any ideas of greed, hatred or cruelty to arise. He was unattached to any form, sound, smell, taste, touch or idea.

quote 7859 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

H e avoided all wrong speech that would bring harm upon himself or others or both; he engaged in right speech that would bring benefit to himself or others or both.

quote 7851 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

T hey perform the six acts of accord and respect³³, and always provide others with the gift of the Dharma.

quote 7832 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

33 Six Principles of Harmony.

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