[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) › [維摩經略疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778) › 2.159 # 維摩經略疏 2.159 維摩經略疏 2.159 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.2.159) 「一切大眾歎未曾有」者，非但說聲聞經時之所未見，前說諸方等多顯正報，顯依報淨土未如今也。「而皆自見坐寶蓮華」者，表此大眾悉有生淨土之理，或復當生。 > "The entire great assembly sighed at what had never been seen before": Not only had they not seen it when the śrāvaka sūtras were expounded, but earlier, when the various vaipulya \[sūtras\] were expounded, they mostly revealed the direct retribution; revealing the circumstantial retribution of the pure land was never like this. "And each saw themselves seated on a jeweled lotus flower": This indicates that all of this great assembly possess the principle for being born in a pure land, or that they will be born there in the future. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.2.158) - [Next: 2.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.2.160) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778~en-mt.2.159) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.2.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.2.159) · Pramāṇa