[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) › 2.18 # 往生集 2.18 往生集 2.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.18) 宋王仲回。官光州司士參軍。問無為子楊公曰。經中教人求生淨土。而祖師云。心是淨土。不必更求。如何。楊公答曰。試自忖量。若在佛境。則無淨無穢。何用求生。若未出眾生境。安可不至心念佛舍穢土而求生淨土乎。司士感悟。欣躍而去。後二年。楊公守丹陽。忽夢司士云。向蒙指示。今已得生。特來致謝。數日而訃至。言司士七日前預知時至。與宗黨言別而化。正感夢時也。 > Wang Zhonghui of the Song served as an army director of works (sishi canjun) in Guangzhou. He asked Lord Yang, Master Wuwei: 'The sūtras instruct people to seek rebirth in the Pure Land, yet the ancestral masters say that the mind itself is the Pure Land and there is no need to seek further. How is this?' Lord Yang answered: 'Try examining yourself. If you abide in the realm of the Buddha, there is neither pure nor defiled; what need is there to seek rebirth? But if you have not transcended the realm of sentient beings, how could you not single-mindedly engage in buddhamanasikāra, abandon the defiled land, and seek rebirth in the Pure Land?' The director of works was awakened and inspired, and departed with joyous leaping. Two years later, when Lord Yang was prefect of Danyang, he suddenly dreamed that the director of works said to him: 'Previously I received your guidance, and now I have already attained rebirth; I have come specially to express my gratitude.' A few days later the obituary arrived, stating that the director of works had known the time of his passing seven days in advance, bade farewell to his clan members, and passed away—precisely at the time the dream occurred. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.17) - [Next: 2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.19) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072~en-mt.2.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.18) · Pramāṇa