[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) › 3.104 # 樂邦文類 3.104 樂邦文類 3.104 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.104) 淨土往生事跡，先賢作傳凡數家，所載者亡慮半千人。往往古今，若出家、若在家，下至小夫婢類，能知我佛攝生本願，潛修密嚮，命終感召者，不可以數量計。又安能盡入吾門遷董之筆耶？今姑擇其已載者及未載者一十餘傳，蓋欲將來知源流、識模範，非止為發起信心而已矣。 > Regarding deeds of rebirth in the Pure Land, former worthies composed biographies in several compilations, recording no fewer than five hundred people. Throughout antiquity and the present, whether ordained or lay, down to lowly men and maidservants, those who could know our Buddha's fundamental vow to gather sentient beings, cultivating in secret and directing their aspirations covertly, receiving verification at the end of life, cannot be reckoned by quantity. How could they all enter the brushes of Qian and Dong from our school? Now, for the time being, I have selected over ten biographies, both already recorded and unrecorded, so that future generations may know the source and stream, recognize models and examples, and not merely bring forth faithful minds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.103) - [Next: 3.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.105) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a~en-mt.3.104) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.104) · Pramāṇa