[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) › [摩訶止觀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911) › 2.21 # 摩訶止觀 2.21 摩訶止觀 2.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.2.21) 如夢見七寶，親屬歡樂；覺已追念，不知在何處。如是念佛。又如舍衛有女名須門，聞之心喜，夜夢從事；覺已念之，彼不來、我不往，而樂事宛然。當如是念佛。如人行大澤飢渴，夢得美食；覺已腹空，自念一切所有法皆如夢。當如是念佛。數數念，莫得休息；用是念，當生阿彌陀佛國。是名「如相念」。如人以寶倚瑠璃上，影現其中。亦如比丘觀骨，骨起種種光，此無持來者，亦無有是骨，是意作耳。如鏡中像不外來、不中生，以鏡淨故，自見其形。行人色清淨，所有者清淨，欲見佛，即見佛；見即問，問即報，聞經大歡喜（其二）。 > Like dreaming of seeing the seven jewels and the joy of relatives; upon waking, one reflects upon them, not knowing where they are. In this way contemplate the Buddha. Furthermore, like a woman in Śrāvastī named Xumen: hearing of her, a man rejoiced in heart and in a night dream had relations with her; upon waking, he reflected on it: "She did not come, and I did not go, yet the pleasurable affair was vivid." One should contemplate the Buddha like this. Like a person traveling through a great swamp, hungry and thirsty, dreaming of obtaining fine food; upon waking, his belly is empty, and he reflects to himself that all existing phenomena are like a dream. One should contemplate the Buddha like this. Contemplate frequently and do not rest; with this contemplation, one shall be born in the land of Amitābha Buddha. This is called "contemplation according to characteristics." Like a person placing a jewel upon lapis lazuli, its reflection appears within it. Also like a monk contemplating bones: the bones emit various lights; no one brings this here, nor are there these bones—it is merely created by the mind. Like an image in a mirror, neither coming from outside nor produced within: because the mirror is clean, one sees one's own form. When the practitioner's form is pure, all that exists is pure; if he wishes to see the Buddha, he immediately sees the Buddha; seeing, he inquires; inquiring, he is answered; hearing the sūtra, he greatly rejoices (number two). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.2.20) - [Next: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.2.22) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911~en-mt.2.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.2.21) · Pramāṇa