[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [無量壽經連義述文贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1748) › 2.25 # 無量壽經連義述文贊 2.25 無量壽經連義述文贊 2.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1748.2.25) 經曰「住深定門」至「無不周遍」者，述云：第三、重辨起修。有二：此初、起自利修也。有說：深定者，起通所依理定。有說：一念周遍者，入定觀眾生。二俱不然。通既事德，所依之定必非理定故、覩無量佛應非一念故。如其次第，今即通所依定無境不觀，故云深定。覩諸佛者，即天眼通。一念遍者，即神境通。依此深定以發天眼，能見諸佛故攝行廣；亦起神通，一念遍至所覩佛土，攝福生智故起行疾。 > On the passage from "Dwelling in deep gates of concentration" to "all without exception being pervaded": The commentary states: Third is reiterated explanation of initiating cultivation. This has two parts: here, the first is initiating cultivation for self-benefit. Some say: 'Deep concentration' is the concentration on principle upon which supernormal powers are initiated. Some say: 'Pervading in a single thought' means entering concentration to observe sentient beings. Both are not correct. Since supernormal powers are phenomenal virtues, the concentration upon which they rely definitely cannot be concentration on principle; and beholding immeasurable Buddhas should not take only a single thought. In proper order, now \[we explain\]: because the concentration upon which supernormal powers rely leaves no object unobserved, it is called 'deep concentration'. 'Beholding all Buddhas' is the supernormal power of the divine eye. 'Pervading in a single thought' is the supernormal power of psychic transformation. Relying on this deep concentration to generate the divine eye, they are able to see all Buddhas, and thus they gather vast practices; they also initiate supernormal powers, reaching everywhere in a single thought to the Buddha-lands they behold, gathering merit and generating wisdom, and thus initiating practice swiftly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1748.2.24) - [Next: 2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1748.2.26) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1748.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1748~en-mt.2.25) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1748.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1748.2.25) · Pramāṇa