[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) › [萬善同歸集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017) › 3.69 # 萬善同歸集 3.69 萬善同歸集 3.69 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.3.69) 答：「夫萬物有遷，三寶常住，寂然不動，感通而化。非初誕於王宮，不長逝於雙樹。若眾生福薄，則佛事氷消；若國土緣深，則梵剎雲聳。在人自生得喪，非法而有盛衰。故《法華經》云：『眾生見劫盡，大火所燒時；我此土安隱，天人常充滿。』」 > Answer: "Now, the myriad things undergo change, but the Three Jewels are eternally abiding; quiescent and unmoving, they respond and transform through sympathetic resonance. \[The Buddha\] was not newly born in the royal palace, nor did he depart forever beneath the twin trees. If sentient beings have meager merit, then the Buddha's work melts away like ice; if the land has deep affinity, then pure monasteries tower up like clouds. Gain and loss arise naturally within people; it is not the Dharma that undergoes flourishing and decline. Therefore the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra says: 'When sentient beings see the kalpa end / and it is consumed by a great fire, / this land of mine is secure and tranquil, / ever filled with heavenly and human beings.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.3.68) - [Next: 3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.3.70) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017~en-mt.3.69) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.3.69) · Pramāṇa