[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) › 1.64 # 往生集 1.64 往生集 1.64 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.64) 隋智顗。號智者大師。頴川人。孩幼之時。見像即禮。逢僧必拜。十八出家於果願寺。後禮南嶽思大禪師。弘法緣畢。在剡東石城寺。將入滅謂弟子曰。吾知命在此。不復前進。輟斤絕弦於今日矣。唱觀無量壽佛經題竟。復曰。四十八願。莊嚴淨土。華池寶樹。易往無人。火車相現。一念改悔者。尚得往生。況戒定熏修。聖行道力。功不唐捐矣。智朗請云。未審大師證入何位。沒此何生。師曰。吾不領眾。必淨六根。損己利人。但登五品。汝問何生者。吾諸師友。侍從觀音。皆來迎我。言訖唱三寶名。如入三昧。 > Zhiyi of the Sui dynasty was styled Great Master Zhizhe, a native of Yingchuan. In his childhood, whenever he saw an image he would bow, and whenever he met a monk he would pay homage. At eighteen he took pravrajyā at Guoyuan Temple, and later paid homage to Dhyāna Master Si of Nanyue. When his conditions for propagating the Dharma came to an end, while at Shicheng Temple east of Shan, on the point of entering extinction, he said to his disciples: "I know my destiny lies here; I will not proceed further. Today the axe is stopped and the string is broken." Having chanted the title of the Contemplation of the Buddha of Immeasurable Life Sūtra, he said further: "The forty-eight vows adorn the Pure Land; the lotus ponds and jeweled trees are easy to reach, yet no one goes. When the sign of the fire-cart appears, one who repents with a single thought still attains rebirth; how much more so for those who perfume and cultivate discipline and concentration, whose holy practices and spiritual power shall not have labored in vain!" Zhilang asked, "We do not yet know what stage the Great Master has realized, or where he will be born upon passing from here?" The master said: "Had I not led the assembly, I would certainly have purified the six sense faculties. Lessening myself to benefit others, I have only attained the five grades. You ask where I will be born: my teachers and friends, attending Avalokiteśvara, have all come to welcome me." Having spoken, he chanted the names of the Three Jewels and entered as if into samādhi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.63) - [Next: 1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.65) - [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.1.64) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.27.34) — 志磐, Classical Chinese - [廬山蓮宗寶鑑](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.4.39) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.64) · Pramāṇa