The 2nd Patriarch of the Pure Land Sect in China- Great Master Shandao
The present Pure Land Sect Patriarch Great Master Yin Guang praised Great Master Shandao respectfully:
The High Monk Shandao is the transformation body of Amitabha Buddha.
He is replete with great spiritual power and great wisdom.
He praised him in verses:
‘In the beginning of the Tang Dynastry,
All Sects of teachings were flourishing.
The Master promoted the Pure Land Teaching
In accord with the wish of the Buddha
To save all the living beings.
Other than the strength of the Buddha,
Who else can have this power?
If a man is willing to surrender himself
To the Buddha,
He will surely attain a rebirth in the western land. ‘
Besides,
He also exhorted people to have faith in the Great Master.
He said that what the Great Master had taught should be taken as the words of the Buddha.
The verses in praise of the High Sanghan:
‘In this worldly realm
People say that the Master is the transformation of Amitabha Buddha.
He promoted the Buddha recitation
With the most complete teaching In Jambudvipa.
Sincerely I would like to advise all the learners
To lower their heads,
To be humble.
They should genuinely give rise to a mind
To rejoice for the bliss,
To despise the filth.
To understand the dharma,
We need to study and penetrate them pervasively.
To practise the dharma,
We should choose the dharma
Which suits our individual potential.
In this way our potential
Is in accord with the principles of the Dharma.
The Master recites the Buddha’s Name
With lights coming forth from his mouth.
This is his exhortation for all the assemblies.
Whatever that is taught by Him
Should be taken as the teaching of the Buddha.’
An extract from the Golden Words of Amitabha Recitation By Venerable Master Shi Hui Jing
現代淨土宗祖師印光大師至誠崇仰地讚言：
善導和尚係彌陀化身，有大神通，有大智慧。
又以梵唄唱讚而言：師當唐初，各宗盛行。
提倡淨土愜群情，佛力誰與京！
若肯投誠，西方定往生。
又勸人應信﹁大師所說當作佛說
而以偈讚言：
世傳師是彌陀現
提倡念佛義周贍
切誡學者須撝謙
兼使極力生欣厭
解宜遍通一切法
行擇機理雙契幹
念佛出光勵會眾
所說當作佛說看
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