[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) › 1.5 # 往生西方淨土瑞應傳 1.5 往生西方淨土瑞應傳 1.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2070.1.5) 齊朝曇鸞法師家近五臺。洞明諸教。因得此土仙經十卷。欲訪陶隱居學仙術。後逢三藏菩薩問曰。佛法中有長生不死法勝此土仙經否。三藏唾地驚曰。此方何處有長生不死法。縱得延壽。年盡須墮。即將無量壽觀經授與鸞曰。此大仙方。依而行之。長得解脫。永離生死。鸞便須火遂焚仙經。忽於半夜見一梵僧入房。語鸞曰。我是龍樹菩薩。便說偈。已落葉不可更附枝。未來粟不可倉中求。白駒過隙不可暫駐。已去者叵反未來未可追。在今何在白駒難可迴。法師乃知壽終。集弟子三百餘人。自執香爐面西。教誡門徒勸崇西方。以日初出時。齊聲念佛。即便壽終。寺西五里有一尼寺。聞空中音樂西來東去。須臾又聞東來西去。 > Dharma Master Tanluan of the Qi dynasty lived near Mount Wutai and had a penetrating understanding of the various teachings. Because he had obtained ten fascicles of Daoist immortal scriptures from this land, he wished to visit the Hermit Tao to learn the arts of immortality. Later, encountering a Tripiṭaka Bodhisattva, he asked, "Is there in the Buddha's Dharma a method of longevity and immortality superior to the immortal scriptures of this land?" The Tripiṭaka \[Master\] spat on the ground and said in astonishment, "Where in this region is there a method of longevity and immortality? Even if one gains an extension of life, when one's years are exhausted one must still fall!" He then handed the Guan Wuliangshou jing to Tanluan, saying, "This is the prescription of the Great Immortal. Practice according to it, and you will forever attain liberation and permanently leave birth and death." Tanluan immediately called for fire and burned the immortal scriptures. Suddenly, in the middle of the night, he saw an Indian monk enter his room, who said to Tanluan, "I am Nāgārjuna Bodhisattva." He then spoke a verse: / "Fallen leaves cannot attach again to the branch; / Grain of the future cannot be sought in the granary. / A white colt passing a crevice cannot be halted even briefly; / What is already gone cannot return, and what has not yet come cannot be pursued. / Where is the present? The white colt is difficult to turn back." / The Dharma Master then knew his life had ended. Gathering over three hundred disciples, he personally held an incense burner, faced west, instructed his followers, and exhorted them to venerate the Western Pure Land. At sunrise, they chanted buddhamanasikāra in unison, and he thereupon passed away. Five li to the west of the temple was a convent, where music in the air was heard coming from the west and going east, and after a moment was heard coming from the east and going west. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2070.1.4) - [Next: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2070.1.6) - [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.1.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2070.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2070.1.5) · Pramāṇa