[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) › [淨名經集解關中疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777) › 1.171 # 淨名經集解關中疏 1.171 淨名經集解關中疏 1.171 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.1.171) 譬如有人欲於空地造立宮室隨意無閡　此二喻文二。此初喻菩薩因化眾生故有淨土。肇曰。淨土必因眾生。譬立室必因地。無地無眾生室土無以成。 > "It is, for example, like a person who wishes to build a palace on an open ground: he can do so as he pleases without hindrance." This second part has two similes. This first compares the bodhisattva possessing a pure land through transforming sentient beings. Sengzhao says: "A pure land necessarily depends on sentient beings, just as building a palace necessarily depends on the ground. Without ground and without sentient beings, the palace and the land cannot be accomplished." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.1.170) - [Next: 1.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.1.172) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777~en-mt.1.171) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.1.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.1.171) · Pramāṇa