[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) › [西方合論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976) › 2.2 # 西方合論 2.2 西方合論 2.2 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976.2.2) 夫樂鮑肆者，不念檀旃；非實不念，以不厭故。乍使引之晤室，熱旃炙沈，不終日而悲其昔之穢，厭離之不早也！夫生死臭穢，愈於鮑肆，眾生貪嗜，倍彼蠅蚋；諸佛為鬻香長者，見一輩人天，沒溺濁海，能不惻然？是故阿彌導師，廣開香嚴之肆；釋迦慈父，確指淨域之門。盡大地無非貧兒，一佛號便為資本。欲驗誠言，莫離十念；塞鼻膻腥，久當自厭。今約西方起教，略分十義： > Now, those who take pleasure in a dried-fish shop do not think of sandalwood; it is not that they truly do not think of it, but that they have not grown disgusted \[with the foul smell\]. If one suddenly brings them into a bright chamber and burns sandalwood and aloeswood, before the day is over they will lament their former filth and regret not having turned away from it sooner! Now, the foul stench of saṃsāra is worse than that of a dried-fish shop, yet sentient beings greedily crave it, doubly surpassing flies and gnats. The buddhas are like fragrance-selling elders: seeing a generation of humans and devas drowning in the turbid sea, how could they not feel commiseration? Therefore, the guiding master Amitābha widely opened the shop of fragrant adornment; Śākyamuni, the compassionate father, precisely pointed to the gate of the pure realm. Throughout the entire earth there is no one who is not an impoverished child; the single Buddha-name is precisely the capital \[they need\]. If you wish to test these true words, do not depart from the ten recitations; once you block your nostrils to the rank and foul, with time you will naturally feel disgust. Now, regarding the Western Land's initiation of the teaching, I briefly distinguish ten meanings: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976.2.1) - [Next: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976.2.3) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976~en-mt.2.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976.2.2) · Pramāṇa