[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) › [阿彌陀經通贊疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758) › 2.4 # 阿彌陀經通贊疏 2.4 阿彌陀經通贊疏 2.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758.2.4) 初文分二：初略明淨土、二廣明淨土。初文有七：一、指方所；二、明數量；三、顯國名；四、明化主；五、辨說法；六、徵國名號；七、結成極樂。此初三也。佛告，告語也。從是西方，從，是指方所，此土遠指西方。過十萬億佛，明數量也。有世界名曰極樂，顯國名也。極樂國土正是經宗。告鶖子以令知，誘含生而忻慕，不能廣敘，聊述七門：第一、釋名；第二、出體；第三、辨假實；第四、漏無漏料揀；第五、五位分別；第六、三科收攝；第七、釋其妨難。 > The first section is divided into two: first, briefly explaining the Pure Land; second, extensively explaining the Pure Land. The first text has seven points: first, pointing out the location; second, clarifying the quantity; third, revealing the country's name; fourth, clarifying the teaching master; fifth, discerning the exposition of the Dharma; sixth, inquiring into the name of the country; seventh, concluding on its being Sukhāvatī. These are the first three. "The Buddha told" means addressing words. "From here westward": "from" points to the location, indicating from this land far toward the west. "Passing a hundred thousand kotis of Buddha\[-lands\]" clarifies the quantity. "There is a world named Sukhāvatī" reveals the country's name. The land of Sukhāvatī is precisely the central tenet of the sūtra. He addresses the son of Śārikā to let him know, enticing sentient beings to yearn for it. Unable to narrate extensively, I shall briefly set forth seven headings: first, explaining the name; second, presenting its substance; third, discerning whether it is nominal or real; fourth, sorting out whether it is contaminated or uncontaminated; fifth, distinguishing it among the five categories of phenomena; sixth, subsuming it within the three classifications; seventh, resolving objections. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758.2.3) - [Next: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758.2.5) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758~en-mt.2.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758.2.4) · Pramāṇa