[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) › 2.73 # 往生集 2.73 往生集 2.73 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.73) 贊曰。人傳蓬萊有樂天名。樂天辭以偈曰。海山不是吾歸處。歸即須歸兜率天。今復捨兜率。而求淨土。豈所謂披砂揀金。愈擇而愈精者耶。 > The appraisal says: People relate that the name of Letian was on Penglai, but Letian declined it with a verse: "The ocean mountain is not the place where I return; / If I return, I must return to the Tuṣita Heaven." Now he abandons Tuṣita again and seeks the Pure Land; is this not what is meant by panning the sand to pick out gold, refining more and more as one chooses? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.72) - [Next: 2.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.74) - [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.2.73) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.73) · Pramāṇa