[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) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 19.35 # 諸經要集 19.35 諸經要集 19.35 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [19.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.35) 又隨願往生經云。佛告普廣菩薩。若四輩男子女人。臨終之日。願生十方佛剎土者。當先洗浴身體。著鮮潔之衣。燒眾名香。懸繒幡蓋。歌讚三寶。讀誦尊經。為病者說因緣譬喻。善巧言詞。微妙經義。苦空非實。四大假合。形如芭蕉中無有實。又如電光不得久停。故云色不久鮮當歸壞敗。精誠行道可得度苦。隨心所願無不獲果。述曰：如前教已復將經像至病人所，題其經名、像名，告語示之，使開目睹見，令其惺悟，兼請有德智人讀誦大乘，助揚讚唄，幡花亂墜，宛轉目前，香氣氛氳，常注鼻根，恒與善語，勿傳惡言。以臨終時多有惡業相現，不能立志，排除是故，瞻病之人特須方便善巧誘訹，使心心相續，剎那不駐，乘此福力作往生淨土之意。故《智度論》云：「從生作善，臨終惡念便生惡道；從生作惡，臨終善念而生天上。」又《維摩經》云：「憶所修福，念於淨命。」又《正法念經》云：「若有眾生持戒之人於破戒病人不求恩慧心，不疲厭供養病人，命終生普觀天，五欲縱逸不知厭足。」 > The \*Suiyuan wangsheng jing\* also states: "The Buddha told Samantavistāra Bodhisattva: 'If men and women of the four assemblies, on the day their lives end, wish to be born in the Buddha-lands of the ten directions, they should first bathe their bodies, put on clean and fresh clothes, burn various fine incenses, hang silk banners and canopies, sing praises to the Triratna, and recite the venerable sūtras. They should expound causes, conditions, and parables for the sick person, using skillful words and the subtle, wondrous meaning of the sūtras, \[explaining that things are\] suffering, empty, and unreal; that the four great elements are a temporary combination; that the physical form is like a plantain tree with nothing solid inside, and like a flash of lightning that cannot stay long. Hence it is said that form does not remain fresh for long and must return to decay and ruin. Sincere cultivation of the path can deliver one from suffering; in accord with whatever the mind aspires to, there is none that fails to attain its fruit.'" The commentary states: Having given instructions as above, one should further bring sūtras and statues to the patient's place, announce the titles of the sūtras and the names of the statues, and explain and show them, causing the patient to open their eyes and behold them, thereby awakening them. Moreover, invite people of virtue and wisdom to recite the Mahāyāna and assist in raising praises and hymns. Let banners and flowers flutter and twirl before their eyes, and the fragrant scent waft abundantly to regularly bathe their organ of smell. Always speak good words to them and never convey bad words. Because at the end of life, many signs of bad karma appear and one cannot maintain one's resolve to expel them, the caregiver attending the sick must especially use skillful means to guide and encourage them, causing thought after thought to continue without halting for an instant, so that by the power of this merit they form the aspiration for rebirth in the Pure Land. Therefore the \*Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa\* states: "One who did good throughout life but has an evil thought at the end of life will be born in an evil destination; one who did evil throughout life but has a good thought at the end of life will be born in the heavens." The \*Vimalakīrti-sūtra\* also states: "Recall the merit you have cultivated, and be mindful of pure livelihood." The \*Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna-sūtra\* also states: "If there is a precept-holding sentient being who, toward a sick person who has broken the precepts, seeks no favor or kindness and cares for the sick without weariness, then upon the end of life they will be born in the Heaven of Universal Vision, indulging in the five desires without knowing satiety." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 19.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.34) - [Next: 19.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.36) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.19.35) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.95.38) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.35) · Pramāṇa