[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) › 3.51 # 佛說觀佛三昧海經 3.51 佛說觀佛三昧海經 3.51 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.51) 「爾時諸比丘用和上語，咸皆稱言南無諸佛。既稱佛已尋即命終，乘善心故得生天上，上生忉利封受自然，畢天之壽下生世間，坐前世罪（虛食信施），墮餓鬼中，烊銅灌咽，壽命長遠八萬四千歲。餓鬼罪畢生畜生中，畜生罪畢還生人中，貧窮下賤以為莊嚴。既生人中聞諸佛名，因於前世出家力故信心內發，如前宿識稱南無佛，以稱佛名因緣功德，八千世中常值佛世，而眼不覩諸佛色身，況復聞法？乃至今日遭值我世，見我身體狀如赤土。」 > "Then the monks followed the preceptor's words and all recited, 'Homage to the Buddhas.' Having recited the Buddha's \[name\], they immediately passed away. Due to their wholesome thought, they were born in heaven; ascending to birth in Trāyastriṃśa, they naturally enjoyed pleasures. When their heavenly lifespans ended, they were born down in the world. Due to the sin of their past life—consuming the alms of the faithful in vain—they fell among hungry ghosts, with molten copper poured down their throats, their lifespans enduring for eighty-four thousand years. When their sins as hungry ghosts were exhausted, they were born among animals; when their sins as animals were exhausted, they were reborn among humans, adorned with poverty and baseness. Having been born among humans, they heard the names of the Buddhas. By the power of having gone forth in their past life, faith arose from within; as with their previous consciousness, they recited 'Homage to the Buddha.' By the cause, condition, and merit of reciting the Buddha's name, through eight thousand lifetimes they constantly encountered an era of a Buddha, yet with their eyes they did not behold the form-body of the Buddhas, how much less hear the Dharma? Until today, they have encountered my era, yet they see my body looking like red earth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.50) - [Next: 3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.52) - [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.3.51) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.3.51) · Pramāṇa