[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) › 1.9 # 藥師經疏 1.9 藥師經疏 1.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2767.1.9) 經。即於至人道　五咸蒙願遂由念佛力故便捨惡趣生天人中　問暫念佛名有何勝利乃拔如是鬼畜重殃。答那先比丘經說。如人在世百年為惡。臨命終時聞佛名者。如放小石水中即沒。若持大石置於船上即浮不沒。雖一生作惡。以一時中聞佛名故尚不受苦。況當專念更復受彼餓鬼畜生。 > Sūtra: “Right in \[…\] up to: the human realm.” / Fifth: all receiving the fulfillment of their vows. By the power of recollecting the Buddha, they immediately abandon the bad destinies and are born among devas and humans. / Question: What superior benefit is there in momentarily recollecting the Buddha's name, such that it uproots such severe misfortunes of ghosts and animals? / Answer: The Milindapañha (Nāgasena-bhikṣu Sūtra) states: “Just as when a person in the world has done evil for a hundred years, yet hears the Buddha's name at the point of death—like dropping a small stone into water, it immediately sinks; but if a large stone is placed upon a boat, it floats and does not sink. Although one has done evil all one's life, because one hears the Buddha's name at one moment, one does not even suffer pain; how much less, when one mindfully focuses on it, would one again suffer \[rebirth as\] those hungry ghosts and animals?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2767.1.8) - [Next: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2767.1.10) - [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.1.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2767.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2767.1.9) · Pramāṇa