[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) › [遊心安樂道](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1965) › 1.55 # 遊心安樂道 1.55 遊心安樂道 1.55 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1965.1.55) 「『中品中生者，若有眾生，若一日一夜，受持八戒齋；若一日一夜持沙彌戒；若一日一夜持具足戒，威儀無缺，以此功德，迴向願求生極樂國，戒香薰修。如此行者，臨命終時，見阿彌陀佛，與諸眷屬，放金色光，持七寶蓮華，至行者前。行者自見空中有聲讚言：「善男女子！如汝善人，隨順三世諸佛教法，我來迎汝。」行者自見坐蓮華上，蓮華即合，生於西方極樂世界。在寶地中，經於七日，蓮華乃敷。華即敷已，開目合掌，讚嘆世尊，聞法歡喜，得須陀洹；經半劫已，成阿羅漢，是名中品中生者。 > "‘As for the middle rebirth of the middle grade, if there are sentient beings who for one day and one night uphold the eight precepts of the fast; or for one day and one night uphold the novice precepts; or for one day and one night uphold the complete precepts, with no deficiency in deportment; and with these merits dedicate \[the roots of virtue\] and aspire to be reborn in the land of Sukhāvatī, perfumed and cultivated by the fragrance of the precepts. When such a practitioner is near the end of life, he sees Amitābha Buddha with his retinue emitting a golden light and holding a lotus flower of the seven jewels, arriving before the practitioner. The practitioner himself hears a voice in the sky praising him, saying: "Good son or good woman! A good person such as you who conforms to the teachings of the Buddhas of the three periods of time, I come to welcome you." The practitioner sees himself seated upon the lotus flower, which then closes, and is reborn in the western world of Sukhāvatī. On the jeweled ground, after seven days have passed, the lotus flower blooms. Once the flower has bloomed, he opens his eyes, joins his palms, and praises the World-Honored One. Hearing the Dharma, he rejoices and attains the stage of srotāpanna; after half a kalpa has passed, he becomes an arhat. This is called the middle rebirth of the middle grade.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1965.1.54) - [Next: 1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1965.1.56) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1965.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1965~en-mt.1.55) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [觀無量壽佛經義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1754.3.191) — Classical Chinese - [佛說觀無量壽佛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.amitayurdhyana*zh-kalayasas.1.40) — Classical Chinese - [無量壽經義記卷下](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2759.1.15) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1965.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1965.1.55) · Pramāṇa