[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) › [藥師經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2767) › 1.17 # 藥師經疏 1.17 藥師經疏 1.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2767.1.17) 經。於地獄處至還生人道　七願遂應時。以破戒等五種業行輕重異故。謂現在雖聞藥師如來名。不能捨惡行善。由惡業故墮惡趣者。以彼如來增上威力。復由昔在人間聞如來名。種子因力初入惡趣令其現前。暫聞藥師如來名號。從彼惡趣命終還生人道。問一種俱聞佛名。何故有墮不墮。答業有輕重。根有利鈍。若業輕根利者。現聞佛名即能捨惡行善不墮惡趣。若業重根鈍者。要初墮惡趣深生厭離。更聞佛名方生人道。涅槃經云。一闡提等積善根時有其二種。一者現在能積善根。二者死已生地獄中能積善根。就生地獄積善根時復有二種。一者入地獄時能積善根。二者生地獄時能積善根。 > Sūtra: “In the hells ... they will be reborn again in the human realm.” / Seventh, their wishes are fulfilled in due time: because the five kinds of karmic action, such as breaking the precepts, differ in gravity. That is to say, although in the present they hear the name of Bhaiṣajyaguru Tathāgata, they are unable to abandon evil and practice good; when, due to evil karma, they fall into the bad destinies, by the augmented sovereign power of that Tathāgata, and furthermore because of the causal force of the seed from having heard the Tathāgata’s name in the past while in the human world, when they first enter the bad destinies it is made to manifest before them: temporarily hearing the name of Bhaiṣajyaguru Tathāgata, when their lives end in that bad destiny, they are reborn again in the human realm. / Question: Both equally heard the Buddha's name; why is there falling and not falling? / Answer: Karma has light and heavy, and faculties have sharp and dull. If the karma is light and faculties sharp, upon hearing the Buddha's name in the present they are immediately able to abandon evil and practice good, not falling into the bad destinies. If the karma is heavy and faculties dull, they must first fall into the bad destinies and deeply generate aversion and detachment; only when they hear the Buddha's name again will they be reborn in the human realm. / The Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: “When icchantikas and the like accumulate roots of goodness, there are two kinds: first, in the present they are able to accumulate roots of goodness; second, after dying and being born in the hells, they are able to accumulate roots of goodness. Regarding accumulating roots of goodness when born in the hells, there are further two kinds: first, when entering the hells, they are able to accumulate roots of goodness; second, when already born in the hells, they are able to accumulate roots of goodness.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2767.1.16) - [Next: 1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2767.1.18) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2767.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2767~en-mt.1.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2767.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2767.1.17) · Pramāṇa