[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) › 1.257 # 往生集 1.257 往生集 1.257 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.257](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.257) 無量壽經。論三輩往生。其上輩者。曰捨家離俗。而作沙門。一向專念阿彌陀佛。捨家離俗。身出家也。一向專念心出家也。身心俱淨。焉得不生淨土。世有狂僧。或曰。淨土往生。接引在家二眾。吾沙門。吾何屑乎是。或曰。淨土往生。接引僧中鈍根。吾明教。吾明宗。吾何屑乎是。噫是惡知。遠祖而下諸大老。或弘經法。而聲震人天。或握祖印。而道彌今古。彼固昧於宗教。非沙門乎哉。又惡知淨土之外。無宗教無沙門乎哉。吾因以告夫狂者。 > The Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra discusses three tiers of rebirth. Regarding the highest tier, it says: “Abandoning home and leaving the secular life to become a śramaṇa, single-mindedly focusing on Amitābha.” Abandoning home and leaving the secular is physical pravrajyā; single-mindedly focusing is mental pravrajyā. When both body and mind are pure, how could one fail to be reborn in the Pure Land? In the world there are arrogant monks who may say: “Rebirth in the Pure Land is for guiding the two classes of lay disciples. I am a śramaṇa; why should I deign to care for this?” Or they say: “Rebirth in the Pure Land is for guiding dull-rooted ones among monks. I understand the doctrinal teachings, I understand the ancestral Chan school; why should I deign to care for this?” Alas, how little they know! The various great elders from the patriarch Huiyuan downward—some propagated sūtras and teachings with voices shaking heaven and earth, while others grasped the ancestral seal with their path spanning past and present—were they blind to the teachings and the school, and were they not śramaṇas? Furthermore, how little do they know that outside the Pure Land there are no teachings, no school, and no śramaṇas! I therefore address these arrogant ones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.256](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.256) - [Next: 1.258](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.258) - [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.1.257) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.257](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.257) · Pramāṇa