[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) › 3.38 # 佛說觀佛三昧海經 3.38 佛說觀佛三昧海經 3.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.38) 時諸四眾聞佛是語，啼哭雨淚合掌白佛：「我等今者不見妙色。」五百釋子自拔頭髮，舉身投地鼻中血出：「佛生我家。佛初生時，眾人皆見純黃金色，唯有我等，恒見佛身猶如炭人，亦如羸瘦諸婆羅門，我等宿世有何罪咎？惟願佛日，為我解說。」說是語已，自拔頭髮，號哭如前婉轉自撲。 > At that time, hearing these words of the Buddha, the four assemblies wept and shed tears like rain, joined their palms, and said to the Buddha: "We now cannot see the wondrous form." The five hundred Śākya sons tore out their hair, threw their bodies to the ground, with blood running from their noses, \[crying\]: "The Buddha was born into our house. When the Buddha was first born, everyone saw him as pure golden yellow. Yet we alone constantly see the Buddha's body as like a person made of charcoal, or like emaciated brāhmaṇas. What transgressions and faults did we commit in past lifetimes? We pray only that the Sun of the Buddha will explain it for us!" Having spoken these words, they tore out their hair, wailing as before and writhing, throwing themselves to the ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.37) - [Next: 3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.39) - [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.3.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.38) · Pramāṇa