[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) › [觀無量壽佛經義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754) › 3.34 # 觀無量壽佛經義疏 3.34 觀無量壽佛經義疏 3.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754.3.34) 「佛告阿難：『如此妙華，是本法藏比丘願力所成。』」阿彌陀佛昔為國王，遇世自在王佛，棄國出家，法名法藏，發四十八願。彼國依報境界、身壽光明、種種莊嚴，一切果相皆願所成，豈唯華座？寄此點示，使知淨土即佛願體，願由心發即佛心體，故知願力理絕言思矣。二、明由漸。 > "The Buddha said to Ānanda: ‘Such a wondrous flower was brought to completion by the power of the vows of the monk Dharmākara in the past.’" Amitābha Buddha was a king in the past; meeting the Buddha Lokeśvararāja, he abandoned his kingdom, left household life, took the Dharma name Dharmākara, and made forty-eight vows. That land's realms of dependent reward, physical life-span, radiance, and various adornments—all these phenomenal results were accomplished by his vows; how could it be only the flower throne? Pointing it out here serves to make known that the Pure Land is the very embodiment of the Buddha's vows, and because vows arise from the mind, it is the very embodiment of the Buddha's mind; thus one knows that the vow-power in principle transcends words and thought. Second, explaining the gradual progression. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754.3.33) - [Next: 3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754.3.35) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754~en-mt.3.34) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754.3.34) · Pramāṇa