[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) › [三彌勒經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1774) › 1.74 # 三彌勒經疏 1.74 三彌勒經疏 1.74 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1774.1.74) 問：好說中天身名一生者，何故《智度論》三十八云「三生菩薩唯生兜率」？答：云三生者，以最後生逆數故，謂一最後生、二天生、三人生，此後人生，若死已定生兜率故。 > Question: If, according to the preferable explanation, the heavenly body is called "one life," why does the thirty-eighth fascicle of the \*Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa\* say: "Bodhisattvas of three lives are born only in Tuṣita"? Answer: Calling it "three lives" is by counting backwards from the final life: namely, first, the final life; second, the heavenly life; and third, the human life—after this human life, upon dying, one is definitely born in Tuṣita. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1774.1.73) - [Next: 1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1774.1.75) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1774.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1774~en-mt.1.74) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1774.1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1774.1.74) · Pramāṇa