[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) › 3.34 # 念佛三昧寶王論 3.34 念佛三昧寶王論 3.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.3.34) 夫子曰：「立則見其參於前也，在輿則見其倚於衡也，夫然後行。」《漢書》曰：「坐則見堯於牆，食則見堯於羹，道之不可須臾離也如此。」雖然，此特域中之道爾。《首楞嚴經》云：「若諸眾生，憶佛念佛，現前當來必定見佛，不假方便自得心開。」予謂修念佛三昧，亦當如參前、倚衡，與夫見堯之義。行住坐臥皆應憶念，何患不見佛哉？此真出世成道之要津也！修是三昧者，當以安養為期。蓋彌陀願力，以接引群生為務，大光普照，攝取不捨。凡存念者，盡得往生，其利博哉！豈特見堯於牆、於羹但虛想乎？政和七年十一月三日，於符離境舟中，因觀唐釋飛錫《念佛寶王論》，遂思吾夫子與漢史之言，與佛合若符契，乃紀於此帙，冀時觀之，以自策焉。凡見聞者，其亦勉諸。黃伯思長孺父謹書。 > The Master said: "When standing, see them standing before you; when in a carriage, see them leaning upon the crossbar—only then proceed." The Book of Han says: "When sitting, see Yao upon the wall; when eating, see Yao in the soup. Such is the way in which the Way cannot be parted from for an instant." Even so, this is merely the Way of the mundane realm. The Śūraṅgama Sūtra says: "If sentient beings remember the Buddha and are mindful of the Buddha, in the present or the future they will certainly see the Buddha; without relying on expedients, their minds will open of themselves." I say that cultivating the buddhānusmṛti-samādhi should also be like "standing before you", "leaning upon the crossbar", and seeing Yao. Walking, standing, sitting, and lying down, one should always recollect and be mindful—why worry about not seeing the Buddha? This is truly the essential ford for leaving the world and attaining the Way! Those who cultivate this samādhi should take Sukhāvatī as their aim. For Amida's vow-power takes welcoming and guiding all living beings as its task, its great light shining everywhere, gathering them in without forsaking. All who hold mindfulness will attain rebirth—how broad is this benefit! How could it be merely an empty visualization like seeing Yao upon the wall or in the soup? On the third day of the eleventh month of the seventh year of Zhenghe, aboard a boat in the territory of Fuli, because I examined the Treatise on the Jewel King of Buddha-Mindfulness Samādhi by the Tang monk Feixi, I reflected upon the words of our Master and the Han historian, which accord with the Buddha's like matching tallies. I therefore recorded this upon this scroll, hoping to view it from time to time to spur myself on. May all who see and hear it also exert themselves! Respectfully written by Huang Bosi, Changru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.3.33) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967~en-mt.3.34) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.3.34) · Pramāṇa