[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) › 3.7 # 觀無量壽佛經疏 3.7 觀無量壽佛經疏 3.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1753.3.7) 答曰：「此有三意。一者欲令眾生識境住心，指方有在。不取冬夏兩時，唯取春秋二際。其日正東出，直西沒。彌陀佛國，當日沒處，直西超過十萬億剎即是。 > Answer: "This has three intentions. First, he wished to cause sentient beings to recognize the object and steady their minds, pointing toward a specific direction. He does not take the two seasons of winter and summer, but takes only the two intervals of spring and autumn. \[At these times,\] the sun rises due east and sets due west. Amitābha's Buddha-land is due west, exceeding a hundred thousand koṭis of lands past the place where the sun sets. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1753.3.6) - [Next: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1753.3.8) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1753.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1753~en-mt.3.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1753.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1753.3.7) · Pramāṇa