[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) › [往生西方淨土瑞應傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2070) › 1.1 # 往生西方淨土瑞應傳 1.1 往生西方淨土瑞應傳 1.1 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2070.1.1) 夫以諸佛興慈多諸方便。唯往生一路易契機緣。詳往古之志誠。並感通於瑞典。則有沙門文諗釋子少康。於往生論中高僧傳內。標揚真實。序錄希奇。證丹誠感化之緣。顯佛力難思之用。致使古今不墜道俗歸心。再續玄風。重興盛事。使以發心之士堅固無疑。未起信之人依捉有路。聊申序耳。 > The Buddhas give rise to compassion with many skillful means; only the single path of rebirth \[in the Pure Land\] easily accords with beings' capacities and conditions. Examining the sincere devotion of antiquity, one finds that all obtained spiritual responses through auspicious events. Thus the śramaṇa Wenren and the son of Śākya Shaokang highlighted the authentic and recorded the wondrous from within the Rebirth Treatise and the Biographies of Eminent Monks, proving the conditions under which single-minded devotion evokes a response, and revealing the inconceivable function of the Buddha's power. Consequently, from ancient times to the present, \[this practice\] has not fallen into decline, and monastics and laity turn their hearts to it, carrying forward the profound tradition and reviving the flourishing tradition once more. This causes practitioners who have generated the aspiration to become firm and free of doubt, and provides a path to rely upon for those who have not yet aroused faith. Thus this preface is briefly set forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Next: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2070.1.2) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2070.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2070~en-mt.1.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2070.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2070.1.1) · Pramāṇa