[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) › [觀無量壽佛經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1750) › 1.24 # 觀無量壽佛經疏 1.24 觀無量壽佛經疏 1.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1750.1.24) 第十三雜觀。有二：第一、觀丈六像。第二、「無量壽佛身量無邊」下，明彌陀變現自在。「堅固行」者，常令習觀修行不倦。所觀若大若小皆是佛身，拂去眾疑生人重意。眾云何疑？前聞廣大無量，今聞觀小，疑非佛身，於小不敬，故須拂去，明皆是佛，生其重意。但觀手相者，有作頭首解者。上言觀音頭上天冠中有一立化佛，勢至頭上有寶瓶，以此為別。作手解者，上云其手柔軟，有八萬四千畫，以此寶手接引眾生。皆是經文，用無在也。 > Thirteenth, the miscellaneous contemplation. There are two parts: First, contemplating the sixteen-foot image. Second, from 'The body of Amitāyus is boundless' onward, explaining Amida's sovereign transformations. 'Firm practice' means constantly practicing contemplation and cultivating without weariness. Whether the object of contemplation is large or small, both are the Buddha's body, brushing away the doubts of the assembly and giving rise to people's reverence. Why does the assembly have doubts? Having previously heard of the vast and immeasurable \[body\], now hearing of contemplating a small one, they doubt it is not the Buddha's body and disrespect the small one; therefore it must be brushed away, explaining that all are the Buddha, so as to give rise to their reverence. As for 'merely contemplating the marks of the hands', some interpret this as referring to the head. Above it says that in Avalokiteśvara's heavenly crown on his head there is a standing transformation Buddha, and on Mahāsthāmaprāpta's head there is a treasure vase; by this they are distinguished. For those who interpret it as the hands: above it says his hands are soft, with 84,000 lines, and with these precious hands he receives and guides sentient beings. Both are sūtra passages; their application has no single fixed place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1750.1.23) - [Next: 1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1750.1.25) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1750.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1750~en-mt.1.24) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [觀無量壽經義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1749.1.8.3) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1750.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1750.1.24) · Pramāṇa