[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) › 3.42 # 觀無量壽佛經義疏 3.42 觀無量壽佛經義疏 3.42 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754.3.42) 「『是故汝等心想佛時，是心即是三十二相八十隨好，是心作佛、是心是佛。』」就中初二句示心境相應，次三句顯因成果相，下二句釋成上義。是心者，即指行者觀佛之心。由觀佛相，相現心中，此心即具佛之相好。此據小身丈六為言，其功若此。若觀八萬四千相好，心具亦爾。教令觀佛，其功若此。眾生依教修因感果，始於此心，故云是心作佛。恐謂修成佛從外得，祇由此心當體是佛，故使建修無不果滿，故云是心是佛。若不爾者，生彼國已具三十二大人相好，自何而得耶？當知今日想佛之心，相好果德悉已具足，蓮胎孕質即是此心，是證菩提不從他得矣。三、舉彼果德令信因心。 > " 'Therefore, when you contemplate the Buddha in your minds, this mind is itself the thirty-two marks and eighty minor signs; this mind creates the Buddha, this mind is the Buddha.'" Herein, the first two lines show that mind and object correspond; the next three lines reveal that the cause produces the fruition marks; the final two lines explain and establish the preceding meaning. "This mind" refers to the practitioner's mind that contemplates the Buddha. Because one contemplates the Buddha's marks and the marks appear in the mind, this mind is endowed with the Buddha's marks and signs. This is spoken with respect to the small sixteen-foot body, whose efficacy is such as this. If one contemplates the eighty-four thousand marks and signs, the mind's being endowed with them is also like this. He teaches them to contemplate the Buddha, and its efficacy is such as this. Sentient beings rely on the teaching to cultivate the cause and resonate with the fruition, which begins from this mind; therefore it says, "this mind creates the Buddha." Fearing it might be said that the cultivated fruition of buddhahood is obtained from without, \[it is shown that\] it is only because this mind in its very substance is the Buddha that undertaking cultivation never fails to reach full fruition; therefore it says, "this mind is the Buddha." If it were not so, having been born in that land, from where would one obtain the endowment of the thirty-two marks of a great person? One should know that the mind that contemplates the Buddha today is already fully endowed with the marks, signs, and fruition virtues. The body gestating in the lotus womb is precisely this mind; this is the realization of bodhi not being obtained from another. Third, citing his fruition virtues to generate faith in the causal mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754.3.41) - [Next: 3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754.3.43) - [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.3.42) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754.3.42) · Pramāṇa