[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) › [念佛三昧寶王論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967) › 2.14 # 念佛三昧寶王論 2.14 念佛三昧寶王論 2.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.2.14) 對曰：「子問非也。子但引經，不知經之所趣。經者，《觀無量壽經》也，正明念阿彌陀之文矣。『以念佛故，佛從想生』，故云是心是佛。安得竊取彌陀之觀，反噬彌陀之心者哉？若爾，都不念佛，而言是心是佛者，亦應都不想惡，而言是心是惡耶？彼既不然，此亦焉可？況彼極樂之國，彌陀至尊，十萬億之須彌山王，不與眼根為障礙，恒河沙之光明相好，由佛願力而想成，屈臂即得往生，寧計彼方之遠近也？」 > I reply: “Your question is mistaken. You merely quote the sūtra without understanding the sūtra's aim. The sūtra is the Contemplation of the Buddha of Immeasurable Life Sūtra, whose text precisely explains mindfulness of Amida. ‘Because of mindfulness of the Buddha, the Buddha arises from thought’; therefore it is said that ‘this mind is Buddha.’ How can you illicitly take the contemplation of Amida and turn back to bite the mind of Amida? If it were so, that not being mindful of the Buddha at all one could say ‘this mind is Buddha,’ should it also be that not thinking of evil at all one could say ‘this mind is evil’? If the latter is not so, how could the former be permissible? Moreover, in that land of Sukhāvatī, with the Most Honored Amida, a hundred billion kings of Mount Meru do not obstruct the eye organ; and the marks and signs of light, numerous as the sands of the Ganges, are accomplished in visualization through the power of the Buddha's vows. One attains rebirth in the time it takes to bend an arm; why calculate the distance of that realm?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.2.13) - [Next: 2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.2.15) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967~en-mt.2.14) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.2.14) · Pramāṇa