[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) › [觀念阿彌陀佛相海三昧功德法門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1959) › 1.41 # 觀念阿彌陀佛相海三昧功德法門 1.41 觀念阿彌陀佛相海三昧功德法門 1.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1959.1.41) 又言見佛三昧增上緣者，即如《觀經》說云：摩竭提國王夫人名韋提希，每在宮內願常見佛，遙向耆闍崛山悲泣敬禮。佛遙知念，即於耆山沒王宮出現。夫人已舉頭即見世尊，身紫金色坐寶蓮華，目連、阿難立侍左右，釋梵臨空散華供養。夫人見佛，舉身投地號泣，向佛求哀懺悔，唯願如來教我觀於清淨業處。又如此經證，非直夫人心至見佛，亦與未來凡夫起教。但使有心願見者，一依夫人至心憶佛，定見無疑。此即是彌陀佛三念願力外加，故得令見佛。言三力者，即如《般舟三昧經》說云：一者以大誓願力加念故得見佛，二者以三昧定力加念故得見佛，三者以本功德力加念故得見佛。已下見佛緣中例同此義，故名見佛三昧增上緣。 > Furthermore, regarding what is called the adhipati-pratyaya of the samādhi of seeing the Buddha: it is as the Guan jing states: Vaidehī, queen of the king of Magadha, constantly wished within the palace to see the Buddha, weeping and paying homage from afar facing Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa. The Buddha knew her thought from afar, and vanished from Mount Gṛdhra\[kūṭa\] to appear in the royal palace. When the queen raised her head, she immediately saw the World-Honoured One, his body purplish-golden, sitting upon a precious lotus flower, with Maudgalyāyana and Ānanda standing in attendance to his left and right, and Śakra and Brahmā in mid-air scattering flowers in offering. Seeing the Buddha, the queen threw her entire body to the ground, weeping aloud, seeking pity and repenting before the Buddha: "My only wish is for the Tathāgata to teach me to contemplate the place of pure karma." Furthermore, as this sūtra bears witness, not only was it that the queen saw the Buddha through the utmost sincerity of her heart, but \[the Buddha\] also established the teaching for ordinary people of the future. Provided only that one has the mind desiring to see \[him\], if one focuses on recollecting the Buddha with utmost sincerity just as the queen did, one will definitely see \[him\] without doubt. This is precisely the external support bestowed by the power of Amitābha Buddha's three vows of mindfulness, whereby one is enabled to see the Buddha. What is meant by the three powers is as the Pratyutpanna-buddha-saṃmukhāvasthita-samādhi-sūtra states: first, seeing the Buddha because of the sustained mindfulness by the power of his great vows; second, seeing the Buddha because of the sustained mindfulness by the power of samādhi concentration; third, seeing the Buddha because of the sustained mindfulness by the power of his fundamental merits. In the conditions for seeing the Buddha below, the principle is the same throughout; hence it is called the adhipati-pratyaya of the samādhi of seeing the Buddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1959.1.40) - [Next: 1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1959.1.42) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1959.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1959~en-mt.1.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1959.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1959.1.41) · Pramāṇa