往生集 2.73

English (machine translation) 2.73

Language: English

2.73

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?

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往生集 — Classical Chinese