[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) › [念佛鏡](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966) › 1.43 # 念佛鏡 1.43 念佛鏡 1.43 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966.1.43) 答曰：「准善道闍梨集，念佛法總有二十三種利益。何者是？一、滅重罪障益；二、光明攝受益；三、大師護念益；四、菩薩冥加益；五、諸佛保護益；六、八部防衛益；七、功德寶聚益；八、多聞智慧益；九、不退菩提益；十、奉覲大雄益；十一、感聖來迎益；十二、慈光照觸益；十三、聖友同讚益；十四、聖友同迎益；十五、神通空駕益；十六、身色殊姿益；十七、壽命長劫益；十八、得生勝處益；十九、面覩聖眾益；二十、常聞妙法益；二十一、證無生法忍益；二十二、歷事他方受記益；二十三、還歸本國得陀羅尼益。此是西京善道闍梨《念佛集》中利益。 > The answer states: "According to the collection by Ācārya Shandao, the practice of buddhānusmṛti has a total of twenty-three kinds of benefits. What are they? First, the benefit of eradicating heavy karmic hindrances; second, the benefit of being gathered and embraced by radiant light; third, the benefit of being protected and kept in mind by the Great Master; fourth, the benefit of the hidden assistance of bodhisattvas; fifth, the benefit of the protection of all buddhas; sixth, the benefit of defense by the eight classes \[of beings\]; seventh, the benefit of an accumulation of jewel-like merit; eighth, the benefit of extensive learning and wisdom; ninth, the benefit of not retrogressing from bodhi; tenth, the benefit of beholding the Great Hero; eleventh, the benefit of invoking the sages who come to welcome \[the practitioner\]; twelfth, the benefit of being illumined and touched by compassionate light; thirteenth, the benefit of being jointly praised by holy companions; fourteenth, the benefit of being jointly welcomed by holy companions; fifteenth, the benefit of riding through empty space by spiritual penetrations; sixteenth, the benefit of an extraordinary bodily appearance; seventeenth, the benefit of a lifespan of long kalpas; eighteenth, the benefit of attaining rebirth in an exalted place; nineteenth, the benefit of seeing the assembly of sages face-to-face; twentieth, the benefit of constantly hearing the wondrous Dharma; twenty-first, the benefit of realizing anutpattika-dharma-kṣānti; twenty-second, the benefit of traveling to serve \[buddhas of\] other directions and receiving prophecies; twenty-third, the benefit of returning to one's original realm and attaining dhāraṇī. These are the benefits in the Nianfo ji by Ācārya Shandao of the Western Capital. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966.1.42) - [Next: 1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966.1.44) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966~en-mt.1.43) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966.1.43) · Pramāṇa