[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) › 1.60 # 念佛鏡 1.60 念佛鏡 1.60 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966.1.60) 「又念佛十口功德尚自無邊，何況有人一日念得十萬口阿彌陀佛？一日念得二十萬口阿彌陀佛者？一日念佛功德尚自無邊，何況二日乃至七日念佛功德？准《阿彌陀經》，臨命終時，疾則一日，遲則七日，念佛即往生淨土。又云：『眾生生者，皆是阿鞞跋致。』即是八地菩薩。此是上品上生法。何以得知？喻如世間戶次相似，財寶多者作上上戶，財寶少者作下下戶，念佛功德最多者，生淨土作上上品；念佛最少者，作下下品。如來雖說諸善功德八萬四千法門，唯有念佛一門是最上法。如來雖說諸善功德，唯有念佛一法是多善根、是多福德。自餘雜善，若望念佛，總是少善根、少福德，念佛法門實非餘門所及也。故知念佛一門是多善根、多福德。 > "Furthermore, the merit of ten utterances of the Buddha's name is already boundless, how much more so when someone can recite Amitābha Buddha a hundred thousand times in a day, or someone who can recite Amitābha Buddha two hundred thousand times in a day? The merit of reciting the Buddha's name for one day is already boundless, how much more so the merit of reciting the Buddha's name for two days, up to seven days? According to the Amitābha-sūtra, at the time of death, as quickly as one day or as late as seven days, by reciting the Buddha's name one is immediately reborn in the pure land. It also says: 'All sentient beings born there are avaivartika.' That is, they are bodhisattvas of the eighth ground. This is the method of the highest level of the highest grade. How is this known? By analogy, it is like the households of the world: those with much wealth and treasure make up the highest of the high households, while those with little wealth and treasure make up the lowest of the low households. Those with the most merit from buddhānusmṛti are born into the pure land in the highest of the high grade; those with the least buddhānusmṛti are in the lowest of the low grade. Although the Tathāgata spoke of the wholesome merits of the eighty-four thousand dharma-gates, only the single gate of buddhānusmṛti is the supreme teaching. Although the Tathāgata spoke of various wholesome merits, only the single practice of buddhānusmṛti constitutes abundant good roots and abundant blessings and virtues. Other miscellaneous wholesome deeds, compared to buddhānusmṛti, are all few good roots and few blessings and virtues; the dharma-gate of buddhānusmṛti truly cannot be matched by any other gate. Thus one knows that the single gate of buddhānusmṛti is \[an abundance of\] good roots and \[an abundance of\] blessings and virtues." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966.1.59) - [Next: 1.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966.1.61) - [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.1.60) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966.1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1966.1.60) · Pramāṇa