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Some have attained salvation by reciting the buddha name and chanting scriptures. Some have been saved by upholding the precepts and preatching the Dharma. Some have gotten deliverance by earnestly practicing austerities. Some have been saved by bowing to Buddha and repenting their sins. Some have attained salvation by seeing the light of Buddha. Some have been saved by making offerings to the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Some have been delivered by decorating and sculpting statues of Buddha. Some have been delivered by painting and drawing images of Buddha. Some have attained salvation by giving charity and practicing virtue. Some have been saved by urging people to recite the buddha-name. Some have attained deliverance by warning against killing living beings and by releasing animals. Some have been saved by wholeheartedly listening to the Dharma. Thus we
know that if we comprehend the boundless net of the teachings, we return
to reality. If we enter the countless gates of salvation, we are all
liberated. Master Yen-shou Even if you recite the buddha-name with a scattered mind or praise buddha in a low voice, or scratch out a picture of buddha with your fingernail, or make a stupa out of a pile of sand, and thus gradually accumulate merit, all of you have achieved enlightenment. The Lotus Sutra So if you understand the One Mind and cultivate the myriad practices, how could you not achieve enlightenment? Master Yen-shou
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