[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) › 2.21 # 念佛三昧寶王論 2.21 念佛三昧寶王論 2.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.2.21) 對曰：「不謬也！如《大威德陀羅尼經》云：『超過有結，應發欲心，想無欲事。』今則例之，欲修念佛，應發想心，想無想事。故《方等賢護經》云：『惡欲想女，夢見於女；善欲想佛，夢見於佛。』吾謂二想名同，善、惡天隔，不可聞想，一概厭之。若苟厭之，雖不毀經、不謗佛，則必生於無想天宮矣！若固執無想而噬想佛者，則名謗法，以謗法故，遽入十方無擇之囹圄，未知出日，豈有天宮之望乎？縱令得生，名外道天，非解脫路。《涅槃經》云：『隨聞毒鼓，遠近俱死。』此亦如是，隨其撥想，遠近俱墮。經所謂：『或時離地一尺、二尺，往返遊行。』斯之謂矣！豈同於三界之流轉焉？豈同於九品往生焉？況覆舟、載舟，水也；因倒、因起，地也。想妄即眾生，想真即諸佛，離想之外，更用何焉？」 > I reply: “It is not mistaken! As the Mahābalavīryadhāraṇī Sūtra says: ‘To transcend the fetters of existence, one should give rise to the mind of desire and visualize matters free of desire.’ Now taking this as an analogy, if one wishes to cultivate buddha-mindfulness, one should give rise to the mind of thought and visualize matters free of thought. Therefore the Bhadrapāla Sūtra says: ‘With evil desire thinking of a woman, one sees a woman in a dream; with good desire thinking of a buddha, one sees a buddha in a dream.’ I say that though the two thoughts share the same name, good and evil are as far apart as heaven and earth; one must not, upon hearing the word ‘thought,’ loathe it across the board. If one should loathe it, then even if one does not defame the sūtras or slander the Buddha, one will surely be born in the palace of the asaṃjñisattva heaven! If one stubbornly clings to thoughtlessness and attacks thinking of the Buddha, it is called slandering the Dharma; because of slandering the Dharma, one will abruptly enter the indiscriminate dungeons of the ten directions with no known day of emergence—how could one have any hope of a heavenly palace? Even if one managed to be born there, it is called a non-Buddhist heaven, not the path to liberation. The Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: ‘Upon hearing the poison-smeared drum, whether near or far, all die.’ This is also like that: following one's denial of thought, whether near or far, all fall. What a sūtra describes as ‘sometimes wandering back and forth one or two feet off the ground’ refers to this! How could this be the same as transmigration in the three realms? How could this be the same as rebirth in the nine grades? Moreover, water is what capsizes the boat and what carries the boat; ground is what causes one to fall and what allows one to rise. Thinking falsely is precisely sentient beings; thinking truly is precisely the buddhas. Apart from thought, what else could one use?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.2.20) - [Next: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.2.22) - [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.2.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.2.21) · Pramāṇa