[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) › [安樂集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1958) › 1.30 # 安樂集 1.30 安樂集 1.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1958.1.30) 答曰：「淨土勝妙，體出世間。此三界者，乃是生死凡夫之闇宅，雖復苦、樂少殊，脩、短有異，統如觀之，莫非有漏之長津，倚伏相乘，循環無際，雜生觸受四倒長溝，且因且果，虛偽相習，深可厭也。是故淨土非三界攝。又依《智度論》云：『淨土果報，無欲故非欲界；地居故，非色界；有形色故，非無色界。』雖言地居，精勝妙絕。是故天親論云：『觀彼世界相，勝過三界道，究竟如虛空，廣大無邊際。』是故《大經》讚云：『妙土廣大超數限，自然七寶所合成，佛本願力莊嚴起，稽首清淨大攝受。世界光耀妙殊絕，適悅晏安無四時，自利利他力圓滿，歸命方便巧莊嚴。』」 > Answer: "The Pure Land is supreme and wonderful; its essence transcends the world. These three realms are the dark dwellings of ordinary beings in saṃsāra. Although their suffering and pleasure differ slightly and their lifespans vary in length, when viewed comprehensively, none are other than the long ferry of the contaminated, where fortune and misfortune ride upon one another, cycling endlessly, crossing the long ditch of miscellaneous births, contacts, feelings, and the four inversions, serving simultaneously as cause and effect, practicing deception together—deeply to be reviled. Therefore, the Pure Land is not subsumed by the three realms. Furthermore, relying on the Da zhidu lun, it says: 'As for the retribution of the Pure Land, because it lacks desire, it is not the desire realm; because it is ground-dwelling, it is not the form realm; because it has form and color, it is not the formless realm.' Although it is said to be ground-dwelling, it is exceedingly refined, wonderful, and peerless. Therefore Vasubandhu's treatise says: 'Contemplating the appearance of that world, / It surpasses the paths of the three realms, / Ultimate like empty space, / Vast and boundless.' Therefore the Larger Sūtra praises it: 'The wondrous land is vast, transcending numbers and limits, / Spontaneously composed of the seven jewels. / Arising from the adornment of the Buddha's original vow-power, / I bow my head to the pure, great gathering. / The radiance of that world is wondrous and peerless, / Pleasant, peaceful, and free from the four seasons. / With the power of benefiting self and benefiting others fully perfected, / I take refuge in the skillful adornment of upāya.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1958.1.29) - [Next: 1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1958.1.31) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1958.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1958~en-mt.1.30) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [略論安樂淨土義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1957.1.3) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1958.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1958.1.30) · Pramāṇa