[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) › 7.39 # 釋淨土群疑論 7.39 釋淨土群疑論 7.39 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.7.39) 釋曰：通論念佛，三身俱念。得無相念佛三昧，念法身佛；得有相念佛三昧，念報化身佛。然准依《華嚴經》、《賢護》、《般舟》、《觀佛三昧海》、《觀經》、《鼓音聲王》、《文殊般若》等，多明觀佛色身，名念佛三昧。又准《賢護經》第一卷，念阿彌陀佛既得見已，阿彌陀佛為其廣說諸法實相，謂一切法本來不壞亦無壞者。以不壞色乃至不壞識等，如是乃至不念彼如來，亦不得彼如來。彼作如是念如來已，如是次第得空三昧。善男子！是名正念諸佛現前三昧也。以此准知，前見阿彌陀佛色身，即是觀報化色身念佛三昧也。後得空三昧，即是觀法身念佛三昧也。又即以此義，諸修觀者從麁至細，先作色身觀、後作法身觀，修學次第也。 > I explain: Speaking generally of buddhānusmṛti, all three bodies are contemplated. Attaining the signless buddhānusmṛti-samādhi, one contemplates the dharmakāya Buddha; attaining the buddhānusmṛti-samādhi with signs, one contemplates the saṃbhogakāya and nirmāṇakāya Buddhas. However, relying upon the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, the Bhadrapāla Sūtra, the Pratyutpanna Sūtra, the Guanfo sanmei hai jing, the Guan jing, the Sūtra of the King of Drum-Sound (Dundubhīsvararāja), the Mañjuśrī Prajñāpāramitā, and so forth, they mostly explain that contemplating the Buddha's physical form (rūpakāya) is called buddhānusmṛti-samādhi. Furthermore, relying upon the first fascicle of the Bhadrapāla Sūtra: after having contemplated Amitābha and succeeded in seeing him, Amitābha broadly expounds for him the true aspect of all phenomena, namely that all phenomena are originally indestructible and have nothing that destroys them; because form is not destroyed, down to consciousness is not destroyed, and so on, until he does not contemplate that Tathāgata, nor does he apprehend that Tathāgata. After he has contemplated the Tathāgata in this way, he successively attains the samādhi of emptiness. 'Good son! This is called the samādhi of the correct mindfulness of the present manifestation of all buddhas.' From this we know that first seeing the physical form of Amitābha Buddha is precisely the buddhānusmṛti-samādhi of contemplating the physical form of the saṃbhoga and nirmāṇa \[bodies\]. Later attaining the samādhi of emptiness is precisely the buddhānusmṛti-samādhi of contemplating the dharmakāya. Moreover, through this meaning, for all practitioners of contemplation proceeding from coarse to subtle, first performing the contemplation of the physical form and later performing the contemplation of the dharmakāya is the proper sequence of practice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.7.38) - [Next: 7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.7.40) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960~en-mt.7.39) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.7.39) · Pramāṇa