[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) › 3.37 # 西方合論 3.37 西方合論 3.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976.3.37) 一、《那先經》云：「王問那先：『人生造惡，臨終念佛，得生佛國；我不信是語。』那先答言：『如持大石置于船上，因得不沒；人雖本惡，因念佛故，不入泥犁。其小石沒者，如人作惡，不知念佛，便入泥犁中。』」 > 1. The Milindapañha-sūtra says: "The king asked Nāgasena: 'People commit evil throughout life, yet at the point of death, if they practice buddhānusmṛti, they attain rebirth in the buddha-land; I do not believe this saying.' Nāgasena replied: 'It is like placing a large stone upon a ship: thereby it does not sink. Though a person is fundamentally evil, because of buddhānusmṛti, they do not enter Niraya hell. The small stone sinking is like someone who commits evil and does not know how to practice buddhānusmṛti, whereupon they enter into Niraya hell.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976.3.36) - [Next: 3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976.3.38) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976~en-mt.3.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976.3.37) · Pramāṇa