- updated and revised on September 22nd 2019 -
"If,when I attain Buddhahood, sentient beings of the ten quarters who sincerely
entrust themselves to me, desire to be born in my land, and say my Name perhaps
even ten times, should not be born there, may I not attain the supreme Enlightenment.
Excluded are those who commit the five grave offenses and those who
slander the right Dharma."
(The Primal Vow of Amida Buddha)
Many people that
come in contact with the Primal Vow of Amida Buddha experience two types of
reactions: they are happy when reading the all-inclusive message in the first
part, but they get unsure right after reading the last sentence: "excluded are those who commit the five
grave offenses[1]
and those who slander the right Dharma”.