[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) › 3.57 # 往生集 3.57 往生集 3.57 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.3.57) 贊曰。古人喻睡眠。為小死。此語最善。蓋夢寐之顛倒。較生死之昏迷幾何而寢息神安。命盡之時。庶稍稍有自由分。善導大師。教人臨睡入觀。良有以哉。 > The appreciation says: The ancients likened sleep to a minor death—this saying is most apt! For how does the confusion of dreams compare to the delusion of saṃsāra? Yet when one rests with spirit at peace, at the time when life ends, one may perhaps have a bit of self-mastery. Great Master Shandao taught people to enter visualization when approaching sleep—how well-grounded this was! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.3.56) - [Next: 3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.3.58) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072~en-mt.3.57) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.3.57) · Pramāṇa