[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) › [佛說觀佛三昧海經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643) › 2.18 # 佛說觀佛三昧海經 2.18 佛說觀佛三昧海經 2.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.2.18) 「九相觀者：一者、新死相：或見死人，身體正直無所復知，想我此身亦當復爾，與此無異，故曰新死相。二者、青瘀相：或見死人，一日至于七日，身體青膖瘀黑相，我所愛身亦當復爾，與此無異，故曰青瘀相。三者、膿血相：或見死人，身已爛壞血流塗漫，極為可惡不可瞻視，我所愛身亦當復爾，故曰膿血相。四者、絳汁相：或見死人，身體縱橫黃水流出狀似絳汁，我所愛身亦當復爾，故曰絳汁相。五者、食不消相：或見死人，為烏鳥所食，蟲狼所噉，為蠅所蛆，其肉欲盡或半身在，我所愛身亦當復爾，故曰食不消相。六者、筋纏束薪相：或見死人，皮肉已盡止有筋骨相連，譬似束薪，由是得成而不解散，我所愛身亦當復爾，故曰筋纏束薪相。七者、骨節分離相：或見死人，筋已爛壞骨節縱橫不在一處，我所愛身亦當復爾，故曰骨節分離相。八者、燒燋可惡相：或見死人，為家火所燒，野火所焚，燋縮在地，極為可惡不可瞻視，我所愛身亦當復爾，故曰燒燋可惡相。九者、故骨相：或見久昔乾骨，若五十歲，至百歲、二百歲、三百歲時，骨還變白，日曝徹中，火從骨上焰焰而起，火燒之後風吹入地還歸于土。是名略說九相，是為菩薩始在樹下初開不淨觀門。 > "As for the contemplation of the nine stages of a corpse: First is the mark of the newly dead. One may see a dead person whose body is rigid and conscious of nothing at all, and one reflects, 'My body must also become like this, no different from it.' Thus it is called the mark of the newly dead. Second is the mark of livid discoloration. One may see a dead person, from one day up to seven days, whose body is swollen, livid, and blackish-blue, \[and one reflects,\] 'The body I cherish must also become like this, no different from it.' Thus it is called the mark of livid discoloration. Third is the mark of pus and blood. One may see a dead person whose body has already putrefied, with blood flowing and smearing about, utterly revolting and unbearable to behold, \[and one reflects,\] 'The body I cherish must also become like this.' Thus it is called the mark of pus and blood. Fourth is the mark of crimson fluid. One may see a dead person with yellow water flowing out in all directions over the body, resembling crimson fluid, \[and one reflects,\] 'The body I cherish must also become like this.' Thus it is called the mark of crimson fluid. Fifth is the mark of being devoured. One may see a dead person being eaten by crows and birds, devoured by worms and wolves, and infested with maggots from flies, its flesh nearly gone or only half the body remaining, \[and one reflects,\] 'The body I cherish must also become like this.' Thus it is called the mark of being devoured. Sixth is the mark of a bundle of faggots bound by sinews. One may see a dead person whose skin and flesh are entirely gone, with only sinews and bones linked together, like a bundle of faggots holding its form without scattering apart because of this, \[and one reflects,\] 'The body I cherish must also become like this.' Thus it is called the mark of a bundle of faggots bound by sinews. Seventh is the mark of separated bones and joints. One may see a dead person whose sinews have already rotted away, with bones and joints scattered about and no longer in one place, \[and one reflects,\] 'The body I cherish must also become like this.' Thus it is called the mark of separated bones and joints. Eighth is the revolting mark of being charred by fire. One may see a dead person burned by a domestic fire or consumed by a wildfire, charred and shriveled upon the ground, utterly revolting and unbearable to behold, \[and one reflects,\] 'The body I cherish must also become like this.' Thus it is called the revolting mark of being charred by fire. Ninth is the mark of aged bones. One may see old, dried bones, whether fifty years, or up to one hundred, two hundred, or three hundred years old, that have turned white again; scorched through by the sun, flames blaze up from atop the bones, and after being burned by fire, they are blown by the wind into the earth and return to dust. This is called a brief exposition of the nine stages. This was how the Bodhisattva, when first seated beneath the tree, initially opened the gate to the contemplation of impurity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.2.17) - [Next: 2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.2.19) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643~en-mt.2.18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་ཐར་པ་ཆེན་པོ་ཕྱོགས་སུ་རྒྱས་པ་འགྱོད་ཚངས་ཀྱིས་སྡིག་སྦྱངས་ཏེ་སངས་རྒྱས་སུ་གྲུབ་པར་རྣམ་པར་བཀོད་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.264.98) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.2.18) · Pramāṇa