[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) › 1.48 # 無量壽經優婆提舍願生偈註 1.48 無量壽經優婆提舍願生偈註 1.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1819.1.48) 問曰：以名召事，有事乃有名。安樂國既無二乘、女人、根缺之事，亦何須復言無此三名耶？答曰：如軟心菩薩不甚勇猛，譏言聲聞；如人諂曲或復儜弱，譏言女人。又如眼雖明而不識事，譏言盲人；又如耳雖聽而聽義不解，譏言聾人；又如舌雖語而訥口𠽱吃，譏言瘂人。有如是等根雖具足而有譏嫌之名，是故須言乃至無名，明淨土無如是等與奪之名。 > Question: Names designate realities; only when there is a reality is there a name. Since in the Land of Peace and Bliss there are no realities of the two vehicles, women, or defective sense-faculties, why is it necessary to further say that there are not even these three names? > Answer: Just as when a soft-hearted bodhisattva is not very courageous, people mockingly call him a "śrāvaka"; or when a person is deceitful or timid and weak, people mockingly call him a "woman"; and just as when someone's eyes are clear but cannot recognize things, people mockingly call him a "blind person"; or when someone's ears hear but cannot understand the meaning heard, people mockingly call him a "deaf person"; or when someone's tongue speaks but stutters and stammers clumsily, people mockingly call him a "mute person"—in cases like these, although their sense-faculties are complete, there are names of blame and reproach. Therefore it is necessary to say "not even the names \[exist\]," making clear that in the Pure Land there are no such names of reproach or disparagement. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1819.1.47) - [Next: 1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1819.1.49) - [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.1.48) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1819.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1819.1.48) · Pramāṇa