[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) › 3.25 # 淨土論 3.25 淨土論 3.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963.3.25) 縣尉溫靜文婦者，不知何姓，并洲晉陽人也。早患半身不隨，恒臥床枕。夫告婦言：「終日臥地，何不念佛？」婦謂夫曰：「念何佛耶？」夫曰：「念彌陀佛。」二年之中，口恒念佛。忽爾罪障消除，現見彌陀佛國。慶謝夫言：「長病多時，甚相惱亂。今蒙教念阿般陀佛，後日即去。請告父母兄弟，設一齋取別。」夫曰：「豈有凡夫得見佛國？非是風邪狂見不？」婦曰：「決然非是風也。」遂告父母眷屬。設齋時到，令於凡僧之上鋪五領𭯦，擬聖眾坐。至時，遙見聖眾在空不下，即言：「嫌僧雜穢不肯同坐。」遂遣將𭯦，於平頭屋上鋪設令坐。又將食就獻。總僧食竟，催合家集，說法示誨：「我今倍從聖後往生西方。志願耶孃眷屬等悉皆念佛，於後生來。西方淨土不可思議。」正面向西，合眾念佛，即便壽終。如此之流，實不可攀及。 > The wife of County Defender Wen Jingwen—her surname is unknown—was a native of Jinyang in Bingzhou. From an early age she suffered from hemiplegia and was constantly confined to bed and pillow. Her husband said to the wife: “Lying on the ground all day long, why do you not practice mindfulness of the Buddha?” The wife said to her husband: “Mindfulness of which Buddha?” The husband said: “Mindfulness of Amitābha Buddha.” Over the course of two years, she constantly recited the Buddha's name with her mouth. Suddenly her sinful obstacles were eradicated, and she saw Amitābha Buddha's land directly manifest. Rejoicing, she thanked her husband, saying: “Having been chronically ill for a long time, I have caused you great trouble and distress. Now, having received your instruction to practice mindfulness of Amitābha Buddha, I will depart the day after tomorrow. Please inform my parents and siblings to arrange a vegetarian feast to bid farewell.” The husband said: “How could an ordinary person be able to see the Buddha's land? Is this not an insane hallucination from a wind affliction?” The wife said: “It is definitely not a wind affliction.” Thereupon she informed her parents and relatives. When the time for setting out the feast arrived, she had five rugs spread above the ordinary monks, intended for the assembly of holy ones to sit upon. When the time came, seeing from afar the holy assembly in the empty sky not descending, she said: “They dislike the impurity and disorder of the monks and are unwilling to sit together with them.” She thereupon had the rugs taken and spread out upon the flat roof, inviting them to sit there. She also brought food and presented it to them. When the collective monks finished eating, she urged the entire family to gather, expounding the Dharma and instructing them: “I will now follow closely behind the holy ones to be reborn in the West. I resolve and vow that parents, relatives, and all will practice mindfulness of the Buddha and come to be born afterward. The Pure Land of the West is inconceivable.” Facing squarely toward the west, together with the assembly reciting the Buddha's name, she thereupon passed away. Those of this caliber are truly beyond what ordinary people can match. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963.3.24) - [Next: 3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963.3.26) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963~en-mt.3.25) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1963.3.25) · Pramāṇa