[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 15.9 # 法苑珠林 15.9 法苑珠林 15.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [15.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.15.9) 述曰。上來雖明土有四種。然綱要有二。一報土。二化土。此二即攝理事二土。初報土者。謂佛如來出世諸善體是無漏。非三界所攝故。淨土論云。觀彼世界相。勝過三界道又智度論云。有妙淨土出過三界。然佛所居無處為處。過在十方世界。或依法身而安淨土。故論云。釋迦牟尼佛。更有清淨世界如阿彌陀國。其彌陀佛亦有嚴淨不嚴淨世界如釋迦佛。又涅槃經云。我實不出閻浮提界。又法華經偈云。 > It is stated: Although four kinds of lands have been explained above, the essential principles are two: first, the retribution land; second, the transformation land. These two encompass the two lands of principle and phenomena. First, regarding the retribution land: the Buddha Tathāgata's world-transcending wholesome \[qualities\] are in essence untainted and are not subsumed within the tridhātu. Therefore, the Sukhāvatīvyūhopadeśa says: 'Contemplating the characteristics of that world, it surpasses the paths of the tridhātu.' Also, the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra says: 'There is a sublime pure land that transcends the tridhātu.' Yet the Buddha's abode takes placelessness as its place, surpassing the worlds of the ten directions. Or, the pure land is established based on the dharma-body. Thus the treatise says: 'Śākyamuni Buddha has further pure worlds like the land of Amitābha, and Amitābha Buddha also has adorned-pure and unadorned-pure worlds like Śākyamuni Buddha.' Also, the Nirvāṇa-sūtra says: 'I in truth do not leave the realm of Jambudvīpa.' Also, the verse in the Lotus Sūtra says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.15.8) - [Next: 15.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.15.10) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.15.9) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.1.27) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.15.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.15.9) · Pramāṇa