[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) › [往生集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072) › 1.12 # 往生集 1.12 往生集 1.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.12) 贊曰。晉以前。淨土之旨。雖聞於震旦。而弘闡力行。俾家喻戶曉。則自遠師始。故萬代而下。淨業弟子。推師為始祖。可謂。釋迦再說西方。彌陀現身東土者也。厥功顧不偉歟。予昔遊廬山。酌虎溪之泉。瞻三咲之堂。徘徊十八賢之遺跡。見其規模弘遠。足稱萬僧之居。而殿閣塵埃。鍾鼓閴寂。寥寥然戶異其扃。室殊其爨矣。哲人云亡。芳躅無繼。嗟夫。 > The appreciation says: Prior to the Jin, although the purport of the Pure Land had been heard in China, its great propagation and vigorous practice so that every family and household knew of it began with Master Yuan. Therefore, for ten thousand generations thereafter, disciples of pure karma have revered the Master as the first patriarch. He may well be called Śākyamuni expounding the Western Direction once again, and Amitābha manifesting his body in the Eastern Land. Was his merit not indeed magnificent? Formerly, when I travelled to Mount Lu, drank from the spring of Tiger Creek, and gazed upon the Hall of Three Laughs, I lingered amidst the remaining traces of the Eighteen Worthies. I saw that its scale was grand and expansive, fully fit to be a dwelling for ten thousand monks. Yet the halls and pavilions were coated in dust, and the bells and drums were silent and desolate; forlornly, each door had a different lock, and each room a different hearth. The wise man has passed away, and his fragrant footsteps have no successor. Alas! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.11) - [Next: 1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.13) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072~en-mt.1.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.12) · Pramāṇa