[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) › 7.49 # 釋淨土群疑論 7.49 釋淨土群疑論 7.49 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.7.49) 釋曰：《觀經》有文也。經言「但當憶想令心眼見，見此事者即見十方一切諸佛。以見諸佛故，名念佛三昧。」此為證也。行者平生雖種種修道，今入道場學此三昧，逐得見佛。若不得三昧，寧容見耶？今既得見，即知得是三昧。故經說言「以見佛故名念佛三昧也」。如人患目，不見眾色。大醫師善能療眼，乃以金錍抉其眼瞙，示以手指，彼言不見，故知療眼其瞙未除。後更為抉，復示其指，彼言是指，針師即知其眼得愈。若無眼者，將何見指？以此見指，驗彼盲眼得除翳目，眼根清淨。此亦如是，若不得其念佛三昧，如何得見諸佛淨土，及佛淨色身種種眾相也？以此准知，是得念佛三昧也。其人常修此行，三昧不失，常見諸佛種種聖眾。如久不習，馳散五塵，失此三昧，即不見諸佛菩薩聖眾。以此准知，前所得者是三昧也。多是聞思相應，三昧名非必修慧也。 > I explain: There is text in the Guan jing. The sūtra says: "One should merely recollect and think so as to make the mind's eye see. One who sees this matter sees all the buddhas of the ten directions. Because one sees the buddhas, it is called the buddhānusmṛti-samādhi." This serves as proof. Although a practitioner may have cultivated the Way in various manners throughout his life, now he enters the place of practice to learn this samādhi, and thereupon comes to see the buddhas. If he had not attained the samādhi, how could he see them? Now, since he has come to see them, one knows that he has attained this samādhi. Hence the sūtra says, "Because one sees the buddhas, it is called the buddhānusmṛti-samādhi." For instance, suppose a person has an eye disease and cannot see various colors. A great physician skilled in treating eyes uses a golden scalpel to remove the cataract from his eyes and displays his fingers. If the person says he cannot see them, one knows that the treatment has not yet removed the cataract. Later, when the physician operates again and displays his fingers once more, the person says they are fingers; the surgeon then knows that his eyes have been cured. If he lacked eyes, by what means could he see the fingers? By his seeing the fingers, it is verified that his blind eyes have been cured of the cataract and that the visual faculty is pure. This is also like that: if one had not attained the buddhānusmṛti-samādhi, how could one see the pure lands of the buddhas, as well as the various marks of the buddhas' pure physical form? By this analogy, one knows that he has attained the buddhānusmṛti-samādhi. If this person constantly cultivates this practice and does not lose the samādhi, he constantly sees the various noble assemblies of the buddhas. If he does not practice for a long time, his mind scatters among the five sense-objects and loses this samādhi, and he will no longer see the noble assemblies of the buddhas and bodhisattvas. By this analogy, one knows that what was previously attained was indeed the samādhi. Mostly it corresponds to hearing and contemplation; that it is named samādhi does not necessarily mean it is wisdom derived from cultivation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.7.48) - [Next: 7.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.7.50) - [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.7.49) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.7.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.7.49) · Pramāṇa