[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) › 3.63 # 觀無量壽佛經義疏 3.63 觀無量壽佛經義疏 3.63 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754.3.63) 「『無量壽佛有八萬四千相，一一相中各有八萬四千隨形好，一一好中復有八萬四千光明，一一光明遍照十方世界，念佛眾生攝取不捨。』」丈六之身則具三十二相八十種好。今彌陀身相好光明三量八萬四千，則其數無量不可算矣。下示光明遍照攝生，即是彌陀慈悲心體。問：不念佛人佛光攝否？答：念與不念光無不攝，但念佛者與光相應，攝取往生定無退墮。《智論》云「譬如魚子，母若不念，子則爛壞。」《楞嚴》所謂「佛念眾生如母憶子，但子於母有憶不憶」耳。又如盲人在日輪下，日無不照，盲者不見；不念佛人亦復如是。二、彰言略。 > "\[The Buddha said:\] 'The Buddha Amitāyus possesses eighty-four thousand major marks. Within each mark there are eighty-four thousand minor characteristics. Within each characteristic there are further eighty-four thousand rays of light. Each ray of light shines everywhere throughout the worlds of the ten directions, gathering in and never abandoning sentient beings who are mindful of the Buddha.'" A sixteen-foot body possesses thirty-two major marks and eighty minor characteristics. Now, Amitāyus's body possesses eighty-four thousand in each of the three dimensions of marks, characteristics, and lights, making their number boundless and beyond calculation. Below, showing that the light shines everywhere to gather in beings refers to the very essence of Amitāyus's compassionate mind. Question: Does the Buddha's light gather in persons who are not mindful of the Buddha? Answer: Whether they are mindful or not, there are none whom the light does not encompass. Yet, only those who are mindful of the Buddha resonate with the light; thus they are gathered in to attain rebirth \[in the Pure Land\] without backsliding. The Dazhidu lun states: "For example, with fish eggs, if the mother is not mindful of them, the eggs will rot." The Śūraṅgama Sūtra states: "The Buddha is mindful of sentient beings as a mother yearns for her child, but it depends on whether the child yearns for the mother or not." It is also like a blind person beneath the solar disc: there is nowhere the sun does not illuminate, yet the blind person does not see it; persons who are not mindful of the Buddha are also like this. Second, making clear the brevity of words. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754.3.62) - [Next: 3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754.3.64) - [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.3.63) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754.3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754.3.63) · Pramāṇa