[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.1753) › 1.34 # 觀無量壽佛經疏 1.34 觀無量壽佛經疏 1.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1753.1.34) 次對下輩三人者。諸師云：此等之人乃是大乘始學凡夫，隨過輕重分為三品，未有道位，難辨階降者。將謂不然。何者？此三品人，無有佛法世俗二種善根，唯知作惡。何以得知？如下上文說，但不作五逆謗法，自餘諸惡悉皆具造，無有慚愧。乃至一念命欲終時，遇善知識，為說大乘，教令稱佛一聲。爾時阿彌陀佛，即遣化佛菩薩來迎此人，即得往生。但如此惡人，觸目皆是。若遇善緣，即得往生。若不遇善，定入三塗，未可出也。 > Next, to address the three kinds of persons of the lowest rank: various masters say that such persons are pṛthagjanas beginning to study the Great Vehicle, divided into three ranks according to the gravity of their transgressions, and since they do not yet have a stage on the path, it is difficult to distinguish their grades. We take this to be not so. Why? These three ranks of persons possess neither of the two kinds of good roots—the Buddha-Dharma or the worldly; they only know how to commit evil. How is this known? As the text below says regarding the lowest-upper rank: they merely do not commit the five heinous sins or slander the Dharma, yet all other evils they commit completely, devoid of shame or remorse. Even up to the time when their life is about to end, in a single thought-moment they meet a good spiritual friend who explains the Great Vehicle to them and instructs them to utter the Buddha's name once. At that time, Amitābha Buddha immediately sends transformed buddhas and bodhisattvas to welcome this person, and they immediately attain rebirth. Indeed, such evil persons are seen everywhere one looks. If they meet a good condition, they immediately attain rebirth. If they do not meet with goodness, they will certainly enter the three evil paths, with no way out. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1753.1.33) - [Next: 1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1753.1.35) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1753.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1753~en-mt.1.34) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1753.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1753.1.34) · Pramāṇa