[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) › [樂邦文類](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a) › 2.76 # 樂邦文類 2.76 樂邦文類 2.76 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.2.76) 詳夫理絕眾詮，豈三乘之可攝；智圓萬德，非十地以能觀。布慈雲而廕四生、洒法雨而津九有，由是降神兜率、誕跡迦維，厭欲樂於王宮、獲真常於覺樹。良以群生業惑、魔黨增強，騰苦海以闢三途、溺慈舟而吞萬善，是以高張教網、直指淨方，是入聖之玄門、乃超凡之妙躅。十重淨土，約地位以等差；九品蓮臺，契根宜之次第。大矣哉！逈拋空有之門、獨頴斷常之表。佛者，覺道已圓。說者，慈心演法。阿彌陀者，無量壽也。經者，常法攝貫也，常則百王不易、法則千代同規、攝則包括眾詮、貫者通連妙理。故云佛說阿彌陀經也。 > Considering that the Principle transcends all verbal expressions, how could it be subsumed by the three vehicles? Wisdom perfects the myriad virtues, not something that the ten stages can fathom. He spread the cloud of compassion to shelter the four types of birth, and sprinkled the rain of Dharma to ferry across the nine realms of existence. Because of this, he descended his spirit into Tuṣita and left his traces of birth in Kapilavastu; he grew weary of sensual pleasures in the royal palace and attained the true and constant under the Bodhi tree. Truly, because the karma and delusions of sentient beings and the partisan hordes of Māra grow ever stronger, churning the sea of suffering to open the three evil paths, sinking the boat of compassion, and swallowing the myriad virtues, he therefore raised high the net of teaching and pointed directly to the Pure Realm. This is the mysterious gateway to entering sagehood, the wondrous track for transcending the ordinary. The tenfold pure lands are graded according to ranks and stages; the nine-graded lotus terraces correspond to the capacities and aptitudes in succession. How vast! It leaves far behind the gates of emptiness and existence, standing out uniquely beyond annihilation and permanence. 'Buddha' means the path of awakening is already perfected. 'Speaks' means expounding the Dharma with a compassionate mind. 'Amitābha' means immeasurable life. 'Sutra' means constancy, standard, subsuming, and stringing together: 'constancy' means unchanged through a hundred kings; 'standard' means an identical rule across a thousand generations; 'subsuming' means embracing all explanations; 'stringing together' means interconnecting wondrous principles. Therefore it is called 'The Buddha Speaks of the Amitābha Sutra.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.2.75) - [Next: 2.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.2.77) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a~en-mt.2.76) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.2.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.2.76) · Pramāṇa