Do Not Forget to Return Home

Recorded and transcribed by Namo Amituofo’s disciple, Venerable HaiZe.

Students of Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, when you first descended from the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, you were each filled with profound compassion, kindness, and wisdom. Having achieved great success in your studies within the Western Pure Land, you witnessed the immense suffering of sentient beings. Before the throne of Namo Amituofo, you made a solemn vow to enter this Saha world, this Earth, to save all those with whom you share a karmic connection, and then to return immediately to the West.

The Long Journey Through Samsara

However, centuries, millennia, and even ten thousand years have passed, and you have not returned. You have been caught in the relentless cycle of rebirth, wandering through this world and others, constantly being born and dying. Within the cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death, and under the heavy influence of impermanence and karma, you have suffered greatly. You have endured the torments of the hells, lived in ignorance within the animal realm, and drifted without support in the ghost realm. You have shed endless tears and endured boundless pain.

Today, you have finally encountered Namo Amituofo, who has descended to this world and truly abides at Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre. He calls out to you, His children, wishing to lead you back to the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. You must now engage in diligent practice. How many beings can you save in this lifetime?

The Urgent Mission of Compassion

Beyond saving yourself and the countless spirits residing within your own body, you must also save the infinite beings who are lost throughout the ten directions. There are many who are waiting for your help, including your parents, teachers, and karmic creditors from countless past lives who are currently suffering. They are scattered across many realms:

• The universe and its demonic beings
• The Milky Way and its demonic beings
• The Earth and its demonic beings
• The heavens beyond heavens and their demonic beings
• Other realms and their demonic beings
• Demonic beings and their own demonic manifestations

Because these beings are waiting to be saved, I ask the students of Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre to wake up quickly. Your time in this world is limited. There is nothing more worthwhile in human life than saving others and helping them return to the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

The Final Return Home

Students of Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, you must seize every moment. You must overcome your drowsiness and enter the space of true practice. You must summon your own inner strength; your power must be sufficient so that you have the capacity to break free from the cycle of rebirth. Otherwise, you will not be able to return to the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, or you may only return after experiencing great danger and peril.

Returning to the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss means returning to your original, pure nature and manifesting your true, pure appearance. Students of Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, this life is your final lifetime. Do not forget to return home.

Namo Amituofo