[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) › 5.95 # 樂邦文類 5.95 樂邦文類 5.95 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.5.95) 極樂世界有方所，秖在尋常日沒處， 所以佛教韋提希，諦觀落日如懸鼓。 善哉姚氏一老嫗，能以是心求淨土， 暮觀朝想無歲年，行持坐念忘寒暑， 彌陀忽從心想生，恍惚之間明又覩。 是時虛空絕纖雲，桑榆尚駐羲和御， 佛日晃耀奪陽輝，紺目玉毫妙相具， 目駭心驚喜且悲，走告導師彌陀喻， 具陳所見悉希有，願寫金容托毫素。 我聞勝事嘆希有，為說偈言開未悟， 當知去佛甚不遠，闡提那得稱其故？ 雖過剎土十萬億，一念超越如跬步； 若有迷人問路頭，向道恁麼驀直去。 > The World of Ultimate Bliss has a location: / It is just where the sun usually sets. / Therefore the Buddha taught Vaidehī / To clearly contemplate the setting sun like a suspended drum. / Excellent is this old woman of the Yao clan, / Who was able with this mind to seek the Pure Land! / Contemplating in the evening and thinking in the morning without reckoning the years, / Walking and upholding, sitting and reciting, forgetting cold and heat. / Amitābha suddenly arose from her mental thoughts; / In a flash, clear and distinct, she beheld him. / At that time, the sky was devoid of the slightest cloud; / In the mulberry and elm trees Xihe's chariot still lingered. / The Buddha-sun shone brilliantly, eclipsing the solar radiance; / His dark blue eyes and jade-like ūrṇā endowed with wondrous marks. / Her eyes startled and her heart astonished, joyful yet moved to tears, / She ran to tell the guide, Yu Mituo, / Detailing all that she had seen as exceedingly rare, / Wishing to paint the golden visage with brush and silk. / Hearing of this supreme event, I sighed in admiration at its rarity; / For her sake I speak these gāthā verses to enlighten those not yet awakened. / You should know that the distance to the Buddha is not far at all; / How could an icchantika understand the reason for this? / Though passing through a hundred thousand koṭis of lands, / A single thought transcends it, like taking a single half-step. / If there is a confused person asking for the way, / Tell them: "Just go straight forward like this." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.5.94) - [Next: 5.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.5.96) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a~en-mt.5.95) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.5.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.5.95) · Pramāṇa