[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) › 1.56 # 無量壽經優婆提舍願生偈註 1.56 無量壽經優婆提舍願生偈註 1.56 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1819.1.56) 此二句名莊嚴座功德成就。佛本何故莊嚴此座？見有菩薩，於末後身敷草而坐，成阿耨多羅三藐三菩提，人天見者，不生增上信、增上恭敬、增上愛樂、增上修行。是故願言：我成佛時，使無量大寶王微妙淨華臺以為佛座。無量者，如《觀無量壽經》言「七寶地上有大寶蓮華王座，蓮華一一葉作百寶色有八萬四千脈，猶如天畫。脈有八萬四千光。華葉小者，縱廣二百五十由旬。如是華有八萬四千葉，一一葉間有百億摩尼珠王以為映飾，一一摩尼放千光明，其光如蓋七寶合成遍覆地上。釋迦毘楞伽寶以為其臺，此蓮華臺八萬金剛甄叔迦寶、梵摩尼寶、妙真珠網以為嚴飾。於其臺上自然而有四柱寶幢，一一寶幢如八萬四千億須彌山。幢上寶幔如夜摩天宮，有五百億微妙寶珠以為映飾，一一寶珠有八萬四千光，一一光作八萬四千異種金色，一一金光遍安樂寶土，處處變化各作異相，或為金剛臺、或作真珠網、或作雜華雲，於十方面隨意變現化作佛事。如是等事出過數量。」是故言無量大寶王，微妙淨華臺。 > These two lines are called the accomplishment of the adornment of the merits of the seat. Why did the Buddha originally adorn this seat? He saw that some bodhisattvas, in their final body, spread grass and sit upon it to attain anuttarā-samyak-saṃbodhi; when humans and devas see this, they do not give rise to superior faith, superior reverence, superior love and joy, or superior practice. Therefore he made the vow: "When I become a Buddha, may the dais of the wondrous pure flower, king of immeasurable great jewels, be the Buddha's seat." As for "immeasurable," it is as stated in the Sūtra on Contemplation of Immeasurable Life: "Upon the ground of the seven jewels is a king of lotus thrones of great jewels. Each petal of the lotus has the colors of a hundred jewels and eighty-four thousand veins, like celestial paintings. The veins radiate eighty-four thousand rays of light. Even the smaller petals are two hundred and fifty yojanas in length and breadth. Such a flower has eighty-four thousand petals, and between each petal are a hundred billion kings of maṇi jewels serving as radiant adornments. Each maṇi emits a thousand rays of light, whose light is like a canopy composed of the seven jewels covering the entire ground. The dais is made of Śakra-abhilaṅghana jewels; this lotus dais is adorned with eighty thousand diamond kiṃśuka jewels, brahma-maṇi jewels, and nets of wondrous pearls. Spontaneously upon the dais are four jeweled banners, each banner like eighty-four thousand billion Mount Sumerus. The jeweled curtains upon the banners are like those in the palace of the Yāma Deva, having fifty billion wondrous jewels serving as radiant adornments. Each jewel has eighty-four thousand rays of light, and each ray of light produces eighty-four thousand different kinds of golden color. Each golden light pervades the jeweled land of Peace and Bliss, transforming everywhere into various distinct forms—sometimes diamond daises, sometimes pearl nets, sometimes clouds of variegated flowers—freely manifesting in the ten directions to perform Buddha-work. Matters such as these exceed all measure." Therefore it is said: "The king of immeasurable great jewels, / the wondrous and pure flower dais." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1819.1.55) - [Next: 1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1819.1.57) - [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.1.56) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [觀無量壽佛經義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754.3.27) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1819.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1819.1.56) · Pramāṇa