[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) › [佛說處處經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.730) › 1.31 # 佛說處處經 1.31 佛說處處經 1.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.730.1.31) 佛言：「有九百六十生死復不多，要有三意：有善意、有惡意、有欲意。善意有三百二十、惡意有三百二十、欲意有三百二十，彈指之間三意并行，合為九百六十生死。除善意三百二十，餘有六百四十生死意。佛與舍利弗同行三十七品經，智慧不等者，譬如喘息，同從諸毛孔，出入能覺，便但知鼻息氣出入。佛所知悉知諸毛孔，舍利弗所知如鼻孔，取舍利弗知分為十六分，滿一佛界三千大千日月天下黠人所知，不及舍利弗所知一分；取佛智分為十六分，滿一佛界中舍利弗所知，不及佛知一分。三十七品行有三輩，有大三十七品、有中三十七品、有小三十七品；意大得大意，意中得中意，意小得小意，深妙具行三十七品便洞達。何以故？正分分為十六分，人本十六意，故佛分別，是故不同。 > The Buddha said: "There being nine hundred and sixty births and deaths is not too many either. In essence there are three kinds of intentions: wholesome intentions, unwholesome intentions, and desire-driven intentions. Wholesome intentions have three hundred and twenty \[moments\], unwholesome intentions have three hundred and twenty, and desire-driven intentions have three hundred and twenty. In the snap of a finger the three intentions proceed together, combining to make nine hundred and sixty births and deaths. Setting aside the three hundred and twenty wholesome intentions, there remain six hundred and forty intentions of birth and death. As for the Buddha and Śāriputra practicing the thirty-seven factors together, the reason their wisdom is not equal is like the breathing of the breath: while \[breath\] exits and enters through all the pores together, if one is able to notice it, one only knows the breath entering and exiting the nostrils. What the Buddha knows fully knows all the pores; what Śāriputra knows is like the nostrils. If one divides Śāriputra's knowledge into sixteen parts, what is known by all the wise people filling the three-thousand great-thousandfold world system with its suns and moons of one Buddha-realm does not equal one part of what Śāriputra knows. If one divides the Buddha's wisdom into sixteen parts, what is known by Śāriputra filling one Buddha-realm does not equal one part of the Buddha's knowledge. The practice of the thirty-seven factors has three grades: there are the great thirty-seven factors, the middling thirty-seven factors, and the small thirty-seven factors. If one's intention is great, one attains the great intention; if one's intention is middling, one attains the middling intention; if one's intention is small, one attains the small intention. When one profoundly and wonderfully practices the thirty-seven factors in their entirety, one penetrates \[them\] thoroughly. Why is this? A proper division makes sixteen parts, and human beings fundamentally have sixteen intentions; therefore the Buddha distinguishes them, and thus they are not the same." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.730.1.30) - [Next: 1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.730.1.32) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.730.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.730~en-mt.1.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.730.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.730.1.31) · Pramāṇa