[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) › 3.125 # 樂邦文類 3.125 樂邦文類 3.125 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.125) 釋法智，游學于東越，有通大小乘經義者智必師之，以故強學多聞，人罕儔匹。末年以徑直之門莫如念佛，於晨興暮息繫念不弛者七年。已而議曰：「犯一吉羅，承其罪也，歷一中劫。此誠可信，以其故而為之也。一稱阿彌陀佛而滅億劫重罪，則予也切有疑焉。」或告智曰：「無疑也。教以念佛，久則功，功則化，化則三昧現前。今子之疑是疑佛也。夫佛語豈有可疑者耶？釋尊出廣長舌，十方諸佛同讚淨土，正為眾生信根難立，故勸發之耳。」智斷其疑，乃於國清寺絕去諸緣，一心念佛。想念既極，感觀音勢至現身。異日，又感天冠寶瓶光映其身。智謂道俗曰：「吾生淨土，蓋有日矣。誰能具膳餞我？」眾笑而對曰：「唯恐道人之不能耳，吾等不辭矣。」遂剋後三日會食。食罷，智無他，眾或疑其相侮，因宿其房伺候之。夜未央，智於繩床念佛，安坐而化。是夜有金色光自西而來，照數百里。江上漁人謂已天曉，舳艫相望，率皆驚起。 > The monk Fazhi traveled and studied in Dongyue. Whenever there was anyone well-versed in the scriptural meanings of the Mahāyāna or Hīnayāna, Zhi was sure to study under him. For this reason he was learned and heard much, with few peers. In his later years, considering that among direct paths none surpassed buddha-mindfulness, he maintained uninterrupted mindfulness morning and evening for seven years. Afterward he reflected, saying: "If one commits a single duṣkṛta, one undergoes its retribution for an intermediate kalpa. This is truly credible, and it is incurred for that reason. But that a single recitation of Amitābha Buddha's name should eradicate the heavy sins of millions of kalpas—concerning this I have profound doubts." Someone said to Zhi: "Have no doubts. The teaching instructs in buddha-mindfulness: with long practice comes merit, with merit comes transformation, and with transformation samādhi manifests. Now your doubt is a doubt in the Buddha. How could there be anything to doubt in the Buddha's words? The Śākya Honoured One extended his broad and long tongue, and the Buddhas of the ten directions joined in praising the Pure Land, precisely because it is difficult to establish the faculty of faith in sentient beings, and thus they exhorted and inspired them." Zhi severed his doubts, severed all conditioning at Guoqing Monastery, and practiced buddha-mindfulness with single-minded devotion. When his contemplation reached its utmost, it moved Avalokiteśvara and Mahāsthāmaprāpta to manifest their bodies. On another day, he was further moved by the heavenly crown and treasure vase, whose light shone upon his body. Zhi said to monastics and laypeople: "My rebirth in the Pure Land has its appointed day. Who can prepare a feast to send me off?" The assembly laughed and replied: "We fear only that you, O practitioner of the Way, will not be able to do so; we certainly will not decline." Thereupon they agreed to gather for a meal three days later. When the meal was over, Zhi showed no abnormality; some among the assembly suspected he was making sport of them, and so spent the night in his room to watch over him. Before the night ended, Zhi sat on a rope bed in buddha-mindfulness, peacefully seated, and passed away. That night, a golden light came from the west, illuminating several hundred li. The fishermen on the river thought dawn had broken; looking at one another from boat to boat, all arose in astonishment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.124) - [Next: 3.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.126) - [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.3.125) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [淨土往生傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.2.8) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.125) · Pramāṇa