[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) › [四明尊者教行錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937) › 4.52 # 四明尊者教行錄 4.52 四明尊者教行錄 4.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.4.52) 十七問：《妙玄》第六示國土苦樂有二釋，一云由眾生非佛所為，一云由佛不關眾生（云云）。疑者云：釋尊本願云：我未來出穢惡國土，利益十方淨土，擯出惡業眾生。故知所有苦事但是眾生惡業所感，何言由佛不關眾生？若佛所為者，莫也眾生惡業空無果報耶？豈如來背於大悲方便，令諸眾生受三塗苦耶？然則不輕所行之行、文殊所化之眾，皆是巧施方便，易長令短、轉重令輕，固非設苦惱因緣也。 > Seventeenth Question: In the sixth fascicle of the Miaoxuan, regarding whether the suffering and joy of lands are indicated, there are two explanations: one says it is due to sentient beings and not what the Buddha causes, and the other says it is due to the Buddha and has nothing to do with sentient beings, and so forth. A doubter says: Śākyamuni's original vow states: 'In the future I will appear in an impure and evil land, and to benefit \[beings in\] the pure lands of the ten directions, I will expel sentient beings of evil karma.' From this we know that all suffering matters are merely induced by sentient beings' evil karma; how can it be said to be due to the Buddha and have nothing to do with sentient beings? If it were caused by the Buddha, would that not mean that sentient beings' evil karma is devoid of retribution? How could the Tathāgata run counter to great compassion and skillful means, causing sentient beings to undergo the sufferings of the three wretched realms? Thus, the practices performed by Sadāparibhūta and the assemblies transformed by Mañjuśrī were all skillful employments of means, shortening the long and lightening the heavy; they certainly did not set up causes and conditions for suffering and affliction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.4.51) - [Next: 4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.4.53) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937~en-mt.4.52) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.4.52) · Pramāṇa