[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) › [觀彌勒上生兜率天經贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1772) › 2.93 # 觀彌勒上生兜率天經贊 2.93 觀彌勒上生兜率天經贊 2.93 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1772.2.93) 贊曰：明外果中自下第三結勸生彼。於中有三：一示生彼人、二教生彼行、三結成正觀。此示生彼人也。略有三人：一者菩薩行法不厭生死，受生死苦行利樂故。樂生天者，詑脫所依修妙行故、於一切生受尊貴故、處劣自體行不圓故、生天得見彌勒佛故。不同二乘厭生死苦，恐天放逸不樂生也。二者愛敬無上菩提心者，樂修勝行求大菩提，於彌勒所開大法故。不樂大乘希小果者，隨受生處欣涅槃故。三者欲為彌勒作弟子者，願於惡界為作善利，苦有情所希行救濟；不願淨土作餘佛弟子，彼無苦有情可行濟度、無苦可厭欣心不深故。又釋迦末法持戒犯戒、有戒無戒，釋迦皆囑彌勒度之。自揣解行難生淨土，可為彌勒作弟子者，於上所說天宮處所應作是觀。其觀者何？ > The Eulogy says: In explaining the external fruits, the third part below concludes with an exhortation to be born there. Within this there are three: first, showing the persons who are to be born there; second, teaching the practices for being born there; third, concluding and confirming the correct contemplation. This shows the persons who are to be born there. Briefly, there are three types of persons: First, bodhisattvas who practice the Dharma and do not revile saṃsāra, because they endure the suffering of saṃsāra to carry out benefit and joy. As for those who 'delight in being born in heaven,' it is because they rely on an entrusted support to cultivate wonderful practices, because in all births they receive honor and nobility, because abiding in an inferior self-body their practice is not complete, and because being born in heaven they obtain the sight of Maitreya Buddha. They are unlike the two vehicles, who revile the suffering of saṃsāra, fear heavenly heedlessness, and do not delight in being born there. Second, those who 'cherish and revere the unsurpassed mind of bodhi' delight in cultivating supreme practices to seek great bodhi, because in Maitreya's presence they open up the Great Dharma. Those who do not delight in the Mahāyāna and hope for lesser fruits seek nirvāṇa according to the place where they take rebirth. Third, those who 'desire to become disciples of Maitreya' vow to work wholesome benefit in an evil realm, hoping to carry out salvation among suffering sentient beings; they do not wish to go to a pure land to become disciples of other buddhas, because there are no suffering sentient beings there whom they could ferry across, and with no suffering to revile, their yearning mind would not be deep. Furthermore, regarding those who uphold precepts or violate precepts, who have precepts or lack precepts in the Final Dharma age of Śākyamuni, Śākyamuni entrusted them all to Maitreya for deliverance. Those who evaluate their own understanding and practice as making it difficult to be born in a pure land, and who can become disciples of Maitreya, should practice this contemplation regarding the above-described heavenly palace and place. What is this contemplation? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1772.2.92) - [Next: 2.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1772.2.94) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1772.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1772~en-mt.2.93) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1772.2.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1772.2.93) · Pramāṇa