[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) › 2.5 # 往生集 2.5 往生集 2.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.5) 贊曰。末世聞法信受。無位者多。有位者少。有位而極於尊貴者倍復少。所以者何。位彌高則欲彌廣。欲彌廣則染彌重。勢所恒然。鮮克免者今也。享南面之樂。不忘西方之歸。非宿植勝因。何以致此。雖然自古及今。帝王之留神內典者。奚不錄。曰茲傳淨土。意有所專主。故不泛紀云。 > Appraisal: In the final age, among those who hear the Dharma and accept it in faith, those without rank are many, while those with rank are few. Among those with rank, those who attain supreme nobility are doubly few. Why is this? The higher the status, the broader the desires; the broader the desires, the heavier the defilement. This is the constant tendency of circumstances, which few can avoid. Now, enjoying the pleasure of ruling facing south while not forgetting the return to the Western Direction—how could this be attained without having planted superior causes in past lives? Nevertheless, from antiquity to the present, why are rulers and kings who paid attention to the Buddhist scriptures not all recorded? The reply is: this collection is exclusively about the Pure Land, with a specific focus; therefore, it does not record indiscriminately. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.4) - [Next: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.6) - [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.2.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.5) · Pramāṇa