元宵团圆·极乐团圆 Lantern Festival Reunion • Ultimate Bliss Reunion
今晨，新加坡净土宗弥陀寺临时接获一位莲友来讯，因其老父亲于昨夜辞世，恳请外出念佛服务。净平随即带领数十位义工、莲友前往，为亡者念佛追荐。元宵节本是象征人间团圆的佳日，但对这家人而言，却碰上父子分离的无常变故。然而，阿弥陀佛的大悲愿力，正是为了圆满众生的缺漏：仰仗弥陀慈父的救度，家亲眷属得于极乐世界永恒团聚。原本的遗憾之事，由于有念佛的加持，如今化为圆满之缘。
在法会中，也为往生者开示道：「如今您先往极乐世界，只是先去等候家人而已。往生极乐世界，不但不与家人分离，反而还能永远团聚。」如此开示，正契合元宵佳节所象征的至圆满意义。
随喜赞叹众义工与莲友，于元宵之日拨冗前来念佛，同心成就老人家往生净土之大事。
普愿有情皆念佛，临终往生极乐邦；
家亲眷属永团聚，光寿如同大愿王。
谨此祈愿老人家得生净土，与弥陀慈父团圆，与莲池法会诸亲菩萨欢聚。
南無阿彌陀佛
净平法师 记
2025年2月12日 新加坡净土宗弥陀寺
English Translation:Lantern Festival Reunion • Ultimate Bliss Reunion
Early this morning, Amitabha Temple of Singapore’s Pure Land Buddhist school received an urgent request from a fellow practitioner, whose elderly father had passed away the previous night. He asked for assistance in reciting the Buddha’s name on his father’s behalf. I promptly led several dozen volunteers and practitioners to the site to chant the Buddha’s name for the departed.
The Lantern Festival traditionally symbolizes family togetherness, yet for this family, it was overshadowed bIy the impermanence of separation between father and children. However, Amitabha Buddha’s great compassionate vow precisely serves to fulfill the deficiencies of all beings: leaning on Amitabha’s compassionate rescue, one’s loved ones and family may be eternally reunited in the Land of Ultimate Bliss. What might have been a cause for sorrow is, through the power of chanting, transformed into an opportunity for perfect fulfillment.
During the Dharma assembly, an exhortation was given to the deceased, saying:
“You have now journeyed to the Land of Ultimate Bliss, and you are simply going on ahead to await your family. Attaining rebirth there does not separate you from them; in fact, it allows for a future reunion.”
This teaching resonates perfectly with the Lantern Festival’s symbolism of true and complete reunion.
Rejoice in the merit of all volunteers and fellow practitioners who devoted their time on the Lantern Festival to recite the Buddha’s name, working together so that this elderly individual could attain rebirth in the Pure Land.
May all beings recite the Buddha’s name, And be reborn at life’s end in the Land of Ultimate Bliss; May families be forever reunited, In infinite light and life, mirroring the Great Vow Amitabha Buddha.
We earnestly pray that this elderly father is born into the Pure Land, Reunited with the Compassionate Father Amitabha, Gathered in joy with the many Bodhisattvas in the Lotus Assembly.
Namo Amitabha Buddha
Recorded by Venerable Jingping
February 12, 2025
Amitabha Temple, Singapore (Pure Land School)
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