[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) › [起信論疏筆削記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848) › 20.28 # 起信論疏筆削記 20.28 起信論疏筆削記 20.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [20.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.20.28) 然凡往生者，都有九品，因行有勝劣，往生有升降，華開有遲速，成道有前後。上上品者，發三種心：謂志誠心、深心、迴向心。具足戒行，讀誦大乘。一日乃至七日，即得往生。佛及菩薩親來迎接，觀音菩薩執金剛臺等，至行者前，其人乘此，隨佛之後，如彈指頃即生彼國。生已見佛，聞法開悟，經須臾頃遍至十方，於諸佛前次第受記，還至本國，得無量百千陀羅尼門。乃至下下品者，五逆十惡，具諸不善，以惡業故合墮地獄，經歷多劫。臨命終時遇善知識，教令稱佛名號，於念念中除八十億劫生死重罪，具足十念，乘華往生。佛及菩薩共來迎接，生彼池中蓮華之內，滿十二大劫蓮華乃開。觀音勢至而為說法，聞法歡喜，滅罪除障，發菩提心等。如要備見，請覽彼經。 > In general, those who are reborn there are entirely classified into nine grades. Because their causal practices are superior or inferior, their rebirth has higher and lower ranks, the opening of their flowers has slow and fast \[speeds\], and their accomplishment of the path has earlier and later \[times\]. For the highest of the highest grade, one arouses three kinds of minds: the sincere mind, the deep mind, and the dedication-and-vow mind. Being fully endowed with moral discipline and practice, one reads and recites the Mahāyāna. From one day to seven days, one immediately attains rebirth. The Buddha and bodhisattvas personally come to welcome them; Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara holds a vajra dais, and so on, arriving before the practitioner. The person mounts this, follows behind the Buddha, and in the time it takes to snap one's fingers, is reborn in that land. Having been born, one sees the Buddha, hears the Dharma, and awakens. Passing only a moment, one universally reaches the ten directions, successively receives prophecies before the Buddhas, returns to one's own land, and attains immeasurable hundreds of thousands of dhāraṇī gates. Down to the lowest of the lowest grade: those with the five heinous crimes and ten unwholesome deeds, fully endowed with all evils, who because of evil karma ought to fall into the hells to endure many eons. At the time of approaching the end of life, they meet a good spiritual friend who instructs them to recite the name of the Buddha. In thought-moment after thought-moment, they eradicate the heavy saṃsāric offenses of eighty koṭis of eons, and being fully endowed with ten thoughts, mount a flower to be reborn. The Buddha and bodhisattvas come together to welcome them. Born within a lotus flower in that pond, only when twelve great eons are complete does the lotus flower open. Avalokiteśvara and Mahāsthāmaprāpta preach the Dharma for them; hearing the Dharma, they rejoice, extinguish offenses and eliminate obstacles, arouse the bodhi mind, and so on. If one requires full details, please consult that sūtra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 20.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.20.27) - [Next: 20.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.20.29) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848~en-mt.20.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.20.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.20.28) · Pramāṇa