[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) › 2.8 # 念佛三昧寶王論 2.8 念佛三昧寶王論 2.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.2.8) 問曰：「易行、難行之談，身即菩提之觀，其旨鏡焉。人生在世，石火電火，失念蹉跎，悔無所及。修道之人，尚不親心，況親於身，尚不親於身，況身外歟？常恐出息不還，屬於後世，狂風飄蓬，茫茫何之？願示一念、十念之門，此生、他生之計。」 > The question asks: “The discourse on the easy path and the difficult path, and the contemplation of the body itself as bodhi—their purport is clear as a mirror. But human life in the world is like the spark of a flint or a flash of lightning; if one loses mindfulness and falters, regret will be of no avail. A practitioner of the Way does not even hold his own mind dear, let alone his body; and not even holding his body dear, how much less what is external to the body? One constantly fears that an outgoing breath will not return, and one will belong to the next life: blown like tumbleweed in a violent wind, vast and boundless, where will one go? I pray you will show me the gate of one thought-moment and ten thought-moments, the plan for this life and the other life.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.2.7) - [Next: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.2.9) - [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.2.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.2.8) · Pramāṇa