[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) › [龍舒增廣淨土文](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970) › 10.8 # 龍舒增廣淨土文 10.8 龍舒增廣淨土文 10.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.10.8) 千般裝點只為半寸之眼，百種音樂只為一豆之耳，沈檀腦麝只為兩竅之鼻，食前方丈只為三寸之舌，妙麗嬌嬈只為臭腐之身，隨順迎逢只為狂蕩之意。若能識破此理，便是無煩惱快樂之人。佛言「眾生無始以來認賊為子，自劫家寶。」謂惑六根之賊，而喪真性也。孟子曰「惟聖人然後可以踐形」，蓋不惑於此矣。有婬女得道，文殊問云：「如何不嗔？」答云：「見一切眾生不生。」又問：「如何見十八界？」答云：「如見劫火燒諸世界。」妙哉言乎！蓋謂一切眾生本來無有，唯因妄想中生，又何嗔之有？十八界謂六根、六塵、六識，因有此種種，故生無量事、造無量惡，是故如劫火燒諸世界。若悟此理，雖未生淨土，已如生淨土矣。 > A thousand adornments are merely for the half-inch eye; a hundred kinds of music are merely for the bean-sized ear; aloeswood, sandalwood, camphor, and musk are merely for the two nostrils; food spread out over ten square feet is merely for the three-inch tongue; exquisite beauty and seductive charm are merely for a foul and decaying body; compliance and flattery are merely for a wild and unrestrained mind. If one can see through this principle, one will be a happy person free of affliction. The Buddha said: "Sentient beings since beginningless time have recognized a thief as their child, robbing their own family jewels." This refers to being deluded by the thieves of the six sense faculties and thereby losing one's true nature. Mencius said: "Only a sage can fulfill the physical form," which means not being deluded by these. There was a courtesan who attained the Way. Mañjuśrī asked her: "How is it that you do not become angry?" She replied: "I see that all sentient beings do not arise." He asked again: "How do you see the eighteen realms?" She replied: "Like seeing the kalpa fire burning all worlds." How wonderful are these words! They mean that all sentient beings originally do not exist and are born only from false thoughts; what anger could there be? The eighteen realms refer to the six sense faculties, the six sense objects, and the six consciousnesses. Because there are these various elements, immeasurable matters are generated and immeasurable evils are created; therefore they are like the kalpa fire burning all worlds. If one awakens to this principle, although one has not yet been born in the Pure Land, it is already as if one were born in the Pure Land. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.10.7) - [Next: 10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.10.9) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970~en-mt.10.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.10.8) · Pramāṇa