[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) › 4.52 # 樂邦文類 4.52 樂邦文類 4.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.4.52) 問：龐居士云「事上說佛國，此去十萬里，大海渺無邊，動即黑風起。往者雖千萬，達者無一二。忽遇本來人，不在因緣裏。」如何通會而證往生？答：若提宗考本，尚不說有佛有土，豈言達之不達乎？所以天真自具，不涉因緣，匪動絲毫，常冥真體。若約事論，故非一等，九品往生，上下俱達。或游化國見佛應身、或生報土覩佛真體，或一夕而便登上地、或經劫而方證小乘，或利根鈍根、或定意散意，或悟遲速、根機不同，或華開早晚、時限有異。今古具載，凡聖俱生，行相昭然，明證目驗。佛梵音聲，終不誑人。《稱讚淨土經》云「十方恒河沙諸佛，出廣長舌相，遍覆大千，證得往生。」豈虛言哉？ > Question: Layman Pang said: "In terms of concrete phenomena one speaks of the Buddha-land, / ten thousand li from here. / The great sea is vast and boundless; / as soon as one moves, black winds arise. / Though those who go are thousands and millions, / those who arrive are not one or two. / If one suddenly encounters the original person, / it is not within causes and conditions." How can this be reconciled with attaining rebirth? Answer: If one raises the fundamental lineage and investigates the root, one does not even speak of there being a Buddha or a land—how could one speak of arriving or not arriving? Therefore, intrinsic genuineness is naturally complete and does not involve causes and conditions; without moving a single hair, it is constantly united with the true essence. If one discusses it in terms of concrete phenomena, they are not of one single grade: through the nine grades of rebirth, both higher and lower all arrive. Some roam through transformation lands and see the Buddha's nirmanakāya; some are born in reward lands and behold the Buddha's true essence. Some in a single evening ascend to the higher grounds; some only after passing through kalpas realize the Small Vehicle. Some have sharp faculties, some dull faculties; some have concentrated minds, some scattered minds. Their awakenings are slow or swift, their capacities being unequal; their lotuses bloom early or late, their time limits differing. Recorded throughout ancient and modern times, both commoners and sages are reborn together; their signs of practice are evident, clearly verified and witnessed with one's own eyes. The Buddha's brahma-voice never deceives people. The Sūtra Praising the Pure Land says: "Buddhas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges in the ten directions extend the mark of their broad and long tongues, covering the great chiliocosm, to verify the attainment of rebirth." How could these be empty words? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.4.51) - [Next: 4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.4.53) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a~en-mt.4.52) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [萬善同歸集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.1.79) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.4.52) · Pramāṇa