[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) › [四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804) › 3.322 # 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 3.322 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 3.322 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.322](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.3.322) 傳云：中國臨終者，不問道俗親緣，在邊看守，及其根識未壞，便為唱讀一生已來所修善行，意令病者內心歡喜，不憂前途，便得正念不亂，故生好處。《智論》經中云：從生作善，臨終惡念，便生惡道；從生造惡，臨終善念，而生天上。問曰：臨終少時，何以勝一生行業？答：以決徹故，捨諸根事急故，便能感苦樂也！必須別處安置。故《五百問》云：昔有比丘念著銅鉢，死作餓鬼，僧分物時便來求鉢，其身絕大，猶如黑雲；有得道者以鉢還之，既得，便舌舐放地而去；諸比丘取之，絕臭，更鑄作器，猶臭不可用。又有比丘愛衣，而死作化生蛇等，如前說。故須移處為要。 > The records say: When people are on the verge of death in India, regardless of whether monastics, laity, or relatives, they watch over them at their side, and while their faculties and consciousness are not yet destroyed, they chant and read out the wholesome actions they have cultivated throughout their lives, aiming to make the sick person’s inner heart joyful so that he does not worry about the journey ahead, whereupon he attains correct mindfulness without distraction, and is therefore born in a good place. The \*Mahāprajñāpāramitā-upadeśa\* and sūtras state: If one performs good from birth but has an unwholesome thought at the verge of death, one is born in the evil destinies; if one creates evil from birth but has a wholesome thought at the verge of death, one is born in heaven. It is asked: How can a brief moment at the verge of death surpass a lifetime of actions? The answer is: Because it penetrates decisively, and because discarding the matters of all faculties is urgent, it can immediately evoke suffering or pleasure! It is necessary to arrange a separate place. Thus the \*Five Hundred Questions\* states: In the past, a bhikṣu was attached to a bronze bowl; upon dying, he became a hungry ghost. When the saṃgha divided the belongings, he came seeking the bowl; his body was exceedingly large, like a black cloud. One who had attained the path returned the bowl to him; having obtained it, he licked it with his tongue, put it down on the ground, and left. The bhikṣus took it, but it was exceedingly foul; they recast it into a vessel, but it was still too foul to be used. There was also a bhikṣu who loved a robe and, dying, became a magically born snake, and so on, as told previously. Therefore, it is essential that one be moved to another place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.321](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.3.321) - [Next: 3.323](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.3.323) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804~en-mt.3.322) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.3.322](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.3.322) · Pramāṇa