[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) › 9.21 # 佛說觀佛三昧海經 9.21 佛說觀佛三昧海經 9.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.9.21) 爾時財首菩薩白佛言：「世尊！我念過去無量世時，有佛世尊亦名釋迦牟尼！彼佛滅後有一王子名曰金幢，憍慢邪見不信正法。知識比丘名定自在，告王子言：『世有佛像眾寶嚴飾極為可愛，可暫入塔觀佛形像。』時彼王子隨善友語入塔觀像，見像相好，白言比丘：『佛像端嚴猶尚如此，況佛真身？』作是語已比丘告言：『汝今見像若不能禮者，當稱：「南無佛！」』是時王子合掌恭敬稱：『南無佛！』還宮係念念塔中像，即於後夜夢見佛像。見佛像故心大歡喜，捨離邪見歸依三寶，隨壽命終，由前入塔稱南無佛因緣功德，恒得值遇九百萬億那由他佛，於諸佛所常勤精進，逮得甚深念佛三昧，三昧力故諸佛現前為其授記，從是以來百萬阿僧祇劫不墮惡道，乃至今日獲得甚深首楞嚴三昧。爾時王子，今我財首是也！」如是等諸大菩薩其數無量，各說本緣依念佛得，如《本生經》說。 > Then Bodhisattva Dhanada addressed the Buddha, saying: "Bhagavat! I recall that in the past, countless ages ago, there was a Buddha, a Bhagavat, also named Śākyamuni. After that Buddha's parinirvāṇa, there was a prince named Suvarṇadhvaja, who was arrogant, held wrong views, and did not believe in the true Dharma. A spiritual friend who was a monk, named Samādhīśvara, said to the prince: 'There is an image of the Buddha in the world, adorned with many jewels and extremely lovely. You may briefly enter the stūpa to contemplate the Buddha's form.' Then that prince, following the good friend's advice, entered the stūpa and contemplated the image. Seeing the marks and signs of the image, he said to the monk: 'If the stately solemnity of the Buddha's image is already like this, how much more so the Buddha's true body?' Having said this, the monk told him: 'Now, seeing the image, if you cannot bow, you should recite: "Namo Buddhāya!"' At that time, the prince joined his palms reverently and recited: 'Namo Buddhāya!' Upon returning to his palace, he fixed his mindfulness and kept remembering the image in the stūpa, and in the latter part of the night he saw the Buddha's image in a dream. Because he saw the Buddha's image, he rejoiced greatly in his mind, abandoned wrong views, and took refuge in the Three Jewels. When his life came to an end, through the causes, conditions, and merits of having previously entered the stūpa and recited 'Namo Buddhāya', he constantly encountered nine hundred million billion nayutas of Buddhas. Under those Buddhas he was constantly diligent and vigorous, and attained the profound mindfulness-of-the-Buddha samādhi. Through the power of the samādhi, the Buddhas appeared before him and bestowed prophesies upon him. From then on, for a million asaṃkhyeya kalpas, he did not fall into the evil destinies, up to today when he attained the profound śūraṅgama-samādhi. That prince at that time was none other than myself, Dhanada!" Great bodhisattvas such as these were immeasurable in number, each recounting their original causes and conditions attained through mindfulness of the Buddha, as expounded in the Jātaka Sūtras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.9.20) - [Next: 9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.9.22) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643~en-mt.9.21) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.1.15) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.9.21) · Pramāṇa