[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) › 3.37 # 佛說觀佛三昧海經 3.37 佛說觀佛三昧海經 3.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.37) 釋子眾中五百釋子，見佛色身猶如炭人；比丘眾中有一千人，見佛色身如赤土人；優婆塞眾中有十六人，見佛色身如黑象脚；優婆夷眾中二十四人，見佛身色猶如聚墨。如是四眾各各異見。比丘尼眾中有比丘尼，見佛色身如白銀色；優婆夷眾中有優婆夷，見佛色身如藍染青色，如是四眾觀佛色身所見不同。 > Among the assembly of Śākya sons, five hundred Śākya sons saw the Buddha's form-body as like a person made of charcoal; among the assembly of monks, one thousand people saw the Buddha's form-body as like a person of red earth; among the assembly of upāsakas, sixteen people saw the Buddha's form-body as like the leg of a black elephant; among the assembly of upāsikās, twenty-four people saw the Buddha's bodily form as like a heap of ink. Thus the four assemblies each saw differently. Among the assembly of bhikṣuṇīs, there were bhikṣuṇīs who saw the Buddha's form-body as white silver in color; among the assembly of upāsikās, there were upāsikās who saw the Buddha's form-body as indigo-dyed blue. Thus what the four assemblies saw when contemplating the Buddha's form-body was not the same. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.36) - [Next: 3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.38) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643~en-mt.3.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.37) · Pramāṇa