[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) › [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775) › 1.476 # 注維摩詰經 1.476 注維摩詰經 1.476 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.476](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.1.476) 肇曰：始生天者，欲共試知功德多少，要共一寶器中食天上饍。天饌至白，無白可喻。其福多者，舉飯向口，飯色不異；若福少者，舉向口，飯色變異。在器色一，在手不同。飯豈有異？異自天耳。佛土不同，方可知也。生曰：喻梵天、舍利弗也。慧心明淨則見功德莊嚴，以闇心而取故謂之穢耳，非佛土然也。 > \[Seng\]zhao says: When newly born devas wish to test and know the extent of their merits together, they must eat heavenly food together from a single jewelled vessel. Heavenly food is extremely white, so white that nothing can compare. For one who has much merit, when they lift the food to their mouth, the colour of the food does not change; if one has little merit, when they lift it to their mouth, the colour of the food changes. In the vessel, the colour is one; in their hands, it differs. How could the food differ? The difference comes from the devas themselves. The differences of the buddha-land can be understood by analogy. / \[Dao\]sheng says: This is an analogy for the Brahma King and Śāriputra. When the mind of wisdom is bright and pure, one sees the adornment of merits; grasping it with a dark mind, one therefore calls it defiled; it is not that the buddha-land is truly so. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.475](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.1.475) - [Next: 1.477](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.1.477) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775~en-mt.1.476) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.1.476](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.1.476) · Pramāṇa