[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) › [大乘義章](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851) › 8.54 # 大乘義章 8.54 大乘義章 8.54 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851.8.54) 次就五趣分別八難。地獄、鬼、畜在下三趣，盲聾、世智、佛前佛後及欝單越，人趣少分。但就人中，盲聾、世智、佛前佛後，除欝單越，在餘三方。欝單唯在欝單越國。長壽一難，天趣少分，以欲界天非是難故（此三門竟）。 > Next, distinguishing the eight difficulties according to the five destinies. Hell, ghosts, and animals are in the lower three destinies; blindness and deafness, worldly knowledge, before or after a Buddha, and Uttarakuru are a minor portion of the human destiny. Confining it to humans: blindness and deafness, worldly knowledge, and before or after a Buddha—excluding Uttarakuru—are in the other three continents. Uttarakuru is solely in the continent of Uttarakuru. The single difficulty of long life is a minor portion of the heavenly destiny, because the heavens of the desire realm are not difficulties. (This concludes the third gate.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851.8.53) - [Next: 8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851.8.55) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851~en-mt.8.54) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851.8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851.8.54) · Pramāṇa