{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/sbe49/sbe4925.htm","path":"bud/sbe49/sbe4925.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe49/sbe4925.htm","text":"ON THE TWO PRANIDH\u00c2NAS,\n THE 18TH AND 21ST, MISSING IN THE TEXT.\nIN the Chinese translations of the Larger Sukh\u00e2vat\u00ee-vy\u00fbha, made by Sanghavarman, A. D. 252, and Bodhiruki, A. D. 693-713, there are altogether 48 Pranidh\u00e2nas, not 46, as in the Sanskrit text. The 18th and the 21St in the translations are evidently wanting in the Sanskrit text, and the latter part of the 19th Pranidh\u00e2na in that text is the latter part of the lost 18th, according to the translations. This 18th Pranidh\u00e2na, however, is so important that it is called by Gen-ku, the teacher of Shin-ran, the founder of the Shin-shiu sect, 'the king of the Pranidh\u00e2nas.'\nSanghavarman's translation of the 18th, 20th, and 21st is as follows;--\n18. 'When I have obtained Buddhahood, if those beings who are in the ten quarters should believe in me with serene thoughts, and should wish to be born in my country, and should have say ten times thought of me (or repeated my name),--if they should not be born there, may I not obtain the perfect knowledge;--barring only those beings who have committed the five deadly sins, and who have spoken evil of the good Law.'\nThe 18th Pranidh\u00e2na in the Sanskrit text agrees with the 19th in both Chinese translations; but the 20th in these translations is somewhat shorter than the 19th in the Sanskrit text. The shorter translation is as follows:--\n20. 'When I have obtained Buddhahood, if those beings who are in the ten quarters, after they have heard my name, should direct their thoughts towards my country and should plant the roots of merit (or prepare their stock of merit), and should bring them to maturity with their serene thoughts, and wish to be born in my country,--if they should not accomplish (their desire), may I not obtain the perfect knowledge.\n21. 'When I have obtained Buddhahood, if gods and men in my country should not all be endowed perfectly with the thirty-two marks of the great man, may I not obtain the perfect knowledge.'\n------------\nI have tried to restore the Sanskrit text for the above three Pranidh\u00e2nas, in accordance with the Chinese translations.\nThe 18th may be formed chiefly out of the 19th in the text, something as follows;--\nNote.--The fulfilment of this Pranidh\u00e2na is given in the text (p. 47. ll. 1-4). as the reason of the fulfilment of the I7th:--\nIn the Chinese translations, the exception of two kinds of beings is repeated at the end of this fulfilment.\nThe 20th (i.e. 19th in the text) may then be shortened like this:--\nThe fulfilment of this Pranidh\u00e2na may be the 27th chapter in the text, with the exception of some portion on the appearance of Amit\u00e2bha before a dying man, which belongs to the 19th (i.e. 18th in the text) Pranidh\u00e2na.\nThe 21st may be like this:--\nThis Pranidh\u00e2na is found in the Tibetan translation.\nThe fulfilment of this Pranidh\u00e2na is to be found in chap. 35 (p. 56) as follows:--","title":"The Larger Sukh\u00e2vat\u00ee-vy\u00fbha - Note","type":"page"}