[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) › 9.9 # 佛說觀佛三昧海經 9.9 佛說觀佛三昧海經 9.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.9.9) 文殊師利告諸大眾，對尊者阿難：「阿難當知，我念過去無量數劫，復倍是數不可思算阿僧祇劫，彼世有佛名寶威德如來、應供、正遍知、明行足、善逝、世間解、無上士、調御丈夫、天人師、佛、世尊！彼佛出時眾生弊惡與今無異，彼佛世尊亦長丈六身紫金色，說三乘法如釋迦文。爾時彼國有大長者名一切施，長者有子名曰戒護，在母胎時母信敬故，豫為其子受三歸依。子既生已年至八歲，父母請佛於家供養。童子見佛安行徐步，足下生華有大光明，見已歡喜為佛作禮，禮已諦觀目不暫捨，一見佛已即能除却百萬億那由他劫生死之罪。從是已後，恒得值遇百億那由他恒河沙佛，於諸佛所殖眾德本，是諸世尊皆說如是觀佛三昧，亦讚白毫大人相光，勸多眾生懺悔係念。 > Mañjuśrī addressed the great assembly, speaking to the Venerable Ānanda: “Ānanda, you should know that I recall in the past, immeasurable kalpas ago, and twice as many inconceivable, unreckonable asaṃkhyeya kalpas before that, there was a Buddha in that world named Precious Majestic Virtue, Tathāgata, Arhat, Samyaksambuddha, Vidyācaraṇasampanna, Sugata, Lokavid, Anuttara, Puruṣadamyasārathi, Śāstādevamanuṣyāṇām, Buddha, Bhagavān! When that Buddha appeared, sentient beings were corrupt and evil, no different from now. That Buddha, the Bhagavat, was also sixteen feet tall with a purplish-golden body, and expounded the Dharma of the three vehicles just like Śākyamuni. At that time, in that country there was a great elder named Sarvadāna. The elder had a son named Śīlagupta. While he was in his mother's womb, because of his mother's faith and reverence, she took the three refuges in advance on behalf of her son. After the son was born and reached the age of eight, his parents invited the Buddha to their home to make offerings. The boy saw the Buddha walking serenely with slow steps, flowers springing up beneath his feet with great radiance. Having seen this, he rejoiced and paid homage to the Buddha. After paying homage, he gazed attentively without looking away for even a moment. Having once seen the Buddha, he was able to eliminate the transgressions of birth and death for hundreds of millions of nayutas of kalpas. From that time on, he constantly encountered Buddhas as numerous as the sands of hundreds of billions of nayutas of Ganges Rivers, planting many roots of virtue in the presence of those Buddhas. All those Bhagavats expounded this buddhānusmṛti-samādhi, praised the light of the ūrṇā mark of a great man, and exhorted many sentient beings to repent and focus their mindfulness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.9.8) - [Next: 9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.9.10) - [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.9.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.9.9) · Pramāṇa