[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) › [無量壽經優婆提舍願生偈註](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1819) › 1.28 # 無量壽經優婆提舍願生偈註 1.28 無量壽經優婆提舍願生偈註 1.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1819.1.28) 此四句名莊嚴地功德成就。佛本何故起此莊嚴？見有國土，嶕（才消反）嶢（高貌，牛消反）峻（高，俊音）嶺、枯木橫岑，岝（才白反）峉（山不齊，五百反）𡷨（深山谷亦山陗貌，形音）嶙（深無崖，力人反）、莦（惡草貌，消音）茅（道多草不可行，方交反）盈壑，茫茫滄海為絕目之川、葻葻廣澤為無蹤之所。菩薩見此興大悲願，願我國土地平如掌，宮殿樓閣鏡納十方，的無所屬亦非不屬，寶樹寶欄互為映飾。是故言宮殿諸樓閣，觀十方無礙，雜樹異光色，寶欄遍圍繞。 > These four lines are called the accomplishment of the adornment of earth merits. Why did the Buddha originally give rise to this adornment? He saw that there are lands of towering precipices and steep ranges, where dead trees lie across peaks; of craggy, jagged, precipitous, and sheer ravines, where wild, unnavigable weeds fill the gullies; where vast, blue oceans are rivers where the eye reaches no end, and sprawling marshes are places where no footprint can be found. Seeing this, the Bodhisattva gave rise to a great compassionate vow: 'May the ground of my land be as flat as the palm of a hand; may palaces and pavilions mirror and encompass the ten directions, definitively belonging to nowhere yet not not belonging; and may jewel trees and jewel balustrades mutually reflect and adorn one another.' Therefore it is said: 'Palaces and all the multistoried pavilions / Behold the ten directions without hindrance. / Miscellaneous trees of different radiant colours / Are surrounded everywhere by jewel balustrades.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1819.1.27) - [Next: 1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1819.1.29) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1819.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1819~en-mt.1.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1819.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1819.1.28) · Pramāṇa