[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) › [淨土論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963) › 2.3 # 淨土論 2.3 淨土論 2.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963.2.3) 問曰：夫業行紛綸，凡夫莫識其緒；苦樂差別，二乘未達其源。在世則業分六趣、出世則道別三乘，據理則萬法同規、就教則有了不了說。今西方淨土者，乃是法藏弘誓所剋、法王跨以據神，世界瑩以千珍、聖主題之萬相，此人及土俱非下地窺遊。經論雖說得往生，恐是別時意語，今依何道理判得往生？此則道俗僉疑，願聞厥旨也。 > Question: Karmic practices are tangled and intricate, so that ordinary beings cannot discern their threads; the differences between suffering and pleasure are such that followers of the two vehicles have not plumbed their source. In the mundane world, karma divides into the six destinies; in the supramundane realm, the paths differ among the three vehicles. Based on principle, the myriad phenomena share a single standard; according to the teachings, there are definitive and non-definitive expositions. Now, this Western Pure Land was attained through the great vows of Dharmākara, occupied and divinely ruled by the Dharma King; the world is adorned with thousands of treasures, and the sacred master is marked with myriad characteristics. Neither this person nor this land is something that can be viewed or visited by lower stages. Although sūtras and treatises speak of attaining rebirth, I fear it may be an expression with an implicit meaning concerning another time. Now, in accordance with what principle is it determined that rebirth can be attained? Both monastics and laity share this doubt; we wish to hear its essential meaning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963.2.2) - [Next: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963.2.4) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963~en-mt.2.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963.2.3) · Pramāṇa