Question: Doubting the Buddha's
wisdom is like saying that what He teaches is false therefore, a
person is not born in the Pure Land for doubting the Wisdom of the
Buddha? Not to doubt the Wisdom of the Buddha is
equal to Shinjin?
Answer: Yes, not to doubt the wisdom
of the Buddha means that you accept Amida Buddha knows better than
you how to save you. That He devised the best method to save you,
and so you follow exclusively His instructions in His Primal
Vow.
To doubt the wisdom of the Buddha
means that although you hear the requirements of the Primal Vow you
think you know better than Amida and so instead of following the
exclusive requirements of Amida – “say my Name perhaps even ten
times” you think that you need to say Nembutsu many times or
that you can combine Nembutsu with something else, like other
practices. This means you doubt Amida’s wisdom and think you know
better than Him what is needed for your salvation.
Although you hear Amida said,
“entrust to me”, which means only to Him, you mix the reliance on
Amida with faith in other Buddhist and nonbuddhist religious
figures. Instead of wishing to be born in His Land as Amida asked
you to do, you think you know better and you lie to yourself that
you are already in the Pure Land of here and now. Although is clear
from Amida’s own description (in the Larger Sutra) of the
enlightened qualities of those born in the Pure Land, who indicate
that the Pure Land is NOT here and now, you continue to believe
that you know better and that the Pure Land is here and now when
you clearly don’t have the same qualities.
These are just a few examples of playing smart and doubting the wisdom of the Buddha.