[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) › [阿彌陀經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1757) › 1.2 # 阿彌陀經疏 1.2 阿彌陀經疏 1.2 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1757.1.2) 竊聞，三寶之寶理超繫象之表、三乘之乘事涉名言之迹。原夫真際之理平等性空，赴機啟權實之門、接凡施淨穢之土，識其路者即語默一途、迷其趣者則理事天隔，故身子以高下之累則鏡地而見丘陵、梵王以彼我俱亡則石田而觀寶礫，是知淨土之淨志潔開極樂之門、穢剎之穢心塵起純苦之域，良以物懷取捨指懸鼓而可欣，人競是非斥溷囊而可厭，故使勵誠十念則高昇日宮、篤崇三行則邇登蓮座。 > I have heard that the jewel of the Three Jewels has its principle transcending the confines of signs and forms, and the vehicle of the three vehicles has its phenomena touching upon the traces of names and words. Fundamentally, the principle of true reality is equal and empty in nature, yet in responding to capacities the gates of the provisional and the real are opened, and in receiving ordinary beings lands both pure and defiled are displayed. Those who recognise the path find speech and silence to be of one accord; those who are confused about the direction find principle and phenomena to be as distant as heaven and earth. Thus, Śāriputra, due to his encumbrance by notions of high and low, looked upon a mirror-smooth ground and saw hills and mounds, while Brahmā, because both self and other were forgotten, looked upon a stony field and beheld precious gems. From this we know: as for the purity of the pure land, an upright resolve opens the gate to Sukhāvatī; as for the defilement of a defiled land, mental defilements stir up a realm of unadulterated suffering. Truly, because beings cherish taking and abandoning, pointing to a hanging drum makes it something to be rejoiced in, and because people vie over right and wrong, denouncing an impure vessel makes it something to be loathed. Therefore, if one rouses sincerity in the ten recitations, one will ascend high into the sun palace; if one earnestly cultivates the three practices, one will soon mount the lotus seat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1757.1.1) - [Next: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1757.1.3) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1757.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1757~en-mt.1.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1757.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1757.1.2) · Pramāṇa