[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) › 3.41 # 佛說觀佛三昧海經 3.41 佛說觀佛三昧海經 3.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.41) 爾時如來以梵音聲告諸釋子，及勅大眾：「諸兄弟等，勿復號哭，過去有佛，名毘婆尸如來、應供、正遍知，出現於世教化眾生。度人周訖般涅槃後，於像法中有一長者，名日月德，有五百子，聰明多智，廣知世間一切文藝、星宿、曆數無不貫練。其父長者信敬佛法，常為諸子說觀佛心，亦說甚深十二因緣。諸子聞已疑惑不信，言：『父老耄，為諸沙門之所誑惑，我諸書籍都無是義，父今何處求覓得此？』時父長者愍諸子故，隱匿佛法不為宣說。是時諸子同遇重病，父觀諸子命不支久，到諸子所，一一兒前泣淚合掌，語言：『汝等邪見不信正法，今無常刀割切汝身，汝心煩悶為何所怙？有佛世尊名毘婆尸，汝可稱之。』諸子聞已，敬其父故，稱：『南無佛』。父復告言：『汝可稱法、汝可稱僧。』未及三稱，其子命終。以稱佛故，得生天上四天王處，天上壽盡，前邪見業墮大地獄，地獄受苦，獄卒羅剎以熱鐵叉刺壞其眼。受是苦時憶父長者所教誨事，以念佛故從地獄出，還生人中貧窮下賤，尸棄佛出亦得值遇，但聞佛名不覩佛形；毘舍佛出亦聞佛名；拘樓孫佛出亦聞其名；拘那含牟尼佛出亦聞其名；迦葉佛出亦聞其名。以聞六佛名因緣故，與我同生，雖生此處，我今身相端嚴乃爾！汝見我身如羸婆羅門，我身金色，閻浮檀金色不得比，汝見我色猶如炭人。」 > At that time, the Tathāgata addressed the Śākya sons with a Brahmā voice and instructed the great assembly: "Brothers, do not wail anymore. In the past, there was a Buddha named Vipaśyin, Tathāgata, Arhat, Samyaksambuddha, who appeared in the world and taught and transformed sentient beings. After he had completed crossing people over and entered parinirvāṇa, during the Semblance Dharma period there was an elder named Candrasūryaguṇa, who had five hundred sons, intelligent and deeply wise, extensively learned in all worldly arts, asterisms, and calendar calculations, versed in them all. Their father, the elder, faithfully revered the Buddha's Dharma, and constantly spoke to his sons about the contemplation of the Buddha's mind, and also taught the profound twelve links of dependent origination. Having heard it, the sons harbored doubt and did not believe, saying: 'Our father is old and decrepit, deceived and confused by those śramaṇas. None of our books have such meaning; where has father sought and found this now?' At that time, because the father, the elder, pitied his sons, he concealed the Buddha's Dharma and did not expound it for them. Then all the sons simultaneously contracted a severe illness. Seeing that his sons' lives would not last long, the father went to his sons' quarters, wept and joined his palms before each child, and said: 'You held wrong views and did not believe the correct Dharma. Now the knife of impermanence is slicing through your bodies; in your minds' anguish, what will you rely on? There is a Buddha, a Bhagavat named Vipaśyin; you should recite his name.' Having heard this, out of respect for their father, the sons recited, 'Homage to the Buddha.' The father further told them: 'You should recite the Dharma, you should recite the Saṅgha.' Before they could recite three times, the sons' lives came to an end. Because they had recited the Buddha's name, they were born in heaven among the Four Heavenly Kings. When their heavenly lifespans ended, due to their former karma of wrong views, they fell into the great hells. Suffering torments in the hells, the warden rākṣasas gouged out their eyes with hot iron forks. While undergoing this suffering, they remembered the instructions their father, the elder, had given them. Because of recollecting the Buddha, they emerged from the hells and were reborn among humans, poor and base. When Śikhin Buddha appeared, they also encountered him, yet only heard the Buddha's name without seeing the Buddha's form; when Viśvabhū Buddha appeared, they also heard the Buddha's name; when Krakucchanda Buddha appeared, they also heard his name; when Kanakamuni Buddha appeared, they also heard his name; when Kāśyapa Buddha appeared, they also heard his name. By the cause and condition of hearing the names of the six Buddhas, they were born together with me. Although born here, while my bodily marks now are so dignified and adornment-filled, you see my body as like an emaciated brāhmaṇa; my body is golden, such that Jambūnada gold cannot compare, yet you see my form as like a person made of charcoal." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.40) - [Next: 3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.42) - [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.3.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.41) · Pramāṇa