Take ‘the explication of six syllables’ as an
example: Simply because the ‘gratitude’ of the two-syllable ‘na-mo’ is not separated from
the ‘I will definitely save you!’ of the four-syllable ‘a-mi-da-butsu’, ‘the person to be
saved’ (Namo)(Shinjin) is Namo Amida Butsu, and ‘the Dharma that saves’ (Amida Butsu)
(I definitely save you!) is also Namo Amida Butsu. This is
known as ‘the oneness of the person to be saved and the Dharma that saves’ and ‘perfection of self-benefit and benefiting of others’ (if they should not be born there, may I
not attain perfect Enlightenment).
Namo Amida Butsu, therefore, is the Buddha of ‘the
person to be saved and the Dharma that saves’, of ‘perfection of self-benefit and benefiting of others’. This is why Amida Tathagata is regarded as unbelievably honorable.
Zuiken
Sama
- the Tathagata's perfection of both the
great merit-power for his own benefit and the merit for benefiting others
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