[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) › 11.7 # 龍舒增廣淨土文 11.7 龍舒增廣淨土文 11.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.11.7) 設問曰：但見性悟道便超生死，何用繫念彼佛求生他方？答曰：真修行人應自審察，如人飲水冷暖自知，今存龜鑑以破多惑。諸仁者當觀自己行解，見性悟道、受如來記、紹祖師位，能如馬鳴龍樹否？得無礙辯才、證法華三昧，能知天台智者否？宗說皆通、行解兼修，能如忠國師否？此諸大士皆明垂言教深勸往生，蓋是自利利他，豈肯誤人自誤？況大雄讚歎、金口丁寧，希從昔賢恭稟佛勅，定不謬誤也。仍《往生傳》所載古今高士事跡顯著非一，宜勤觀覽以自照知。又當自度，臨命終時生死去住定得自在否？自無始來惡業重障定不現前，此一報身定脫輪迴否？三塗惡道異類中行出沒自由定無苦惱否？天上人間十方世界隨意寄託定無滯礙否？若也了了自信得及，何善如之！若其未也，莫以一時貢高，却致永劫沈淪。自失善利，將復尤誰？嗚呼哀哉！何嗟及矣？ > A hypothetical question is asked: "Merely by seeing the nature and awakening to the Way, one transcends birth and death. What need is there to bind one's mindfulness to that Buddha and seek rebirth in another realm?" The answer says: "True practitioners should examine themselves; like a person drinking water, they know for themselves whether it is cold or warm. A clear mirror is set forth here to shatter many delusions. Worthy ones, you should look at your own practice and understanding: in seeing the nature and awakening to the Way, receiving the Tathāgata's prediction, and inheriting the position of the patriarchs, can you match Aśvaghoṣa and Nāgārjuna? In obtaining unimpeded eloquence and realizing the Lotus Samādhi, can you match Tiantai Zhiyi? In mastering both doctrine and realization, cultivating both practice and understanding, can you match National Teacher Zhong? All these great masters clearly handed down verbal teachings deeply urging rebirth; this was surely benefiting oneself and benefiting others—how could they be willing to mislead others and mislead themselves? Furthermore, the Great Hero praised it, and his golden mouth repeatedly enjoined it. We hope you will respectfully receive the Buddha's command following the ancient worthies, and you will certainly not be in error. Moreover, the deeds of ancient and modern eminent gentlemen recorded in the \*Biographies of Rebirth\* are conspicuously evident in more than one case; you should diligently read and examine them to illuminate and understand yourself. Furthermore, you should assess yourself: at the end of life, in birth and death, departing or staying, will you certainly attain freedom? Are you certain that the heavy obstructions of evil karma from beginningless time will not manifest before you? Are you certain that this one retribution body will escape transmigration? In journeying among the three wretched destinies and different species, will you come and go freely and certainly be free of suffering and distress? Will you lodge at will in the heavens, the human realm, or the worlds of the ten directions, certainly without hindrance? If you have clear, full confidence in this, what could be better! But if not, do not let momentary pride result instead in sinking into delusion for eternal kalpas. Losing this beneficial advantage by your own fault, whom else will you blame? Alas, how lamentable! What good will lamentation do then?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.11.6) - [Next: 11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.11.8) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.11) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970~en-mt.11.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [緇門警訓](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.5.22) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.11.7) · Pramāṇa