[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) › [釋淨土群疑論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960) › 3.7.4 # 釋淨土群疑論 3.7.4 釋淨土群疑論 3.7.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.3.7.4) 佛意欲明臨命終人，若能稱佛一聲二聲，乃至能稱九聲十聲，悉得往生極樂世界，唯除五逆謗正法者。 此經之意，欲顯命終之人若能念佛一聲其命已過，或念至十其命已終，並能得生淨土。 以不佛意欲顯無逆之輩多少俱生； 有逆之儔少即不生，要須滿十方得往生。 簡彼無逆之人通能多少俱往，故言除逆謗正法，何關邪逆者哉？ 若一切眾生至臨終日，始逢善友教令念佛，悉滿十聲，可如彼責，容許不滿十念其命已終。 寧遣逆人不言除也？ > The Buddha's intent was to make it clear that if a person on the verge of death can recite the Buddha's name once or twice, down to being able to recite nine or ten times, they all attain rebirth in the world of Sukhāvatī, with the sole exception of those who commit the five cardinal sins and slander the true Dharma. The intent of this sūtra is to reveal that if a person at the end of life can recite the Buddha's name once and their life ends, or recites up to ten times and their life ends, both can attain rebirth in the pure land. Is it not that the Buddha's intent was to reveal that for those without cardinal sins, whether \[their recitations are\] few or many, all are reborn; while for those with cardinal sins, if few they are not reborn, and they must fulfill ten before they can attain rebirth? To distinguish those without cardinal sins, who universally can be reborn whether \[recitations are\] few or many, it says that those who commit the cardinal sins and slander the true Dharma are excluded; what does this have to do with the 'deviant' and 'cardinal sins' \[of the third stage\]? If all sentient beings, when arriving at the day of death, only then encounter a good spiritual friend who teaches them to recite the Buddha's name, and all fulfill ten utterances, it might be as charged by that \[opponent\]; but granting that their life ends before completing ten recitations, would you then cause those who committed cardinal sins not to be spoken of as excluded? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.3.7.3) - [Next: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.3.8) - [Up: 3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.3.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960~en-mt.3.7.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.3.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.3.7.4) · Pramāṇa