[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) › [妙法蓮華經玄義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716) › 6.77 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 6.77 妙法蓮華經玄義 6.77 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.6.77) 今且釋初意：《大論》云：「有國土純聲聞僧，或國土純菩薩僧，或菩薩聲聞共為僧。」或淨、或穢，何故差別？皆由乘、戒緩急。若戒緩乘亦急亦緩者，即是穢土，以聲聞菩薩共為僧。以戒緩故，五濁土穢；乘亦緩故，是開三乘；乘亦急故，是顯一乘，娑婆是也。戒急乘亦緩亦急者，淨土也。戒急故，土無五濁；乘亦緩故，開三乘；亦急故，顯一，安養是也。乘緩戒急者，即是淨土，純聲聞為僧，此可知也。戒緩乘急，即是穢國，純菩薩為僧，此亦可知。淨穢差別，悉由眾生，高下苦樂，不關佛也。 > Now we briefly explain the first meaning: the Great Treatise says: 'There are lands with saṃghas of purely śrāvakas, lands with saṃghas of purely bodhisattvas, or bodhisattvas and śrāvakas together forming a saṃgha.' Some are pure and some are defiled; why is there this difference? It is entirely due to the laxity and strictness regarding the vehicle and the precepts. If precepts are lax and the vehicle is both strict and lax, this is a defiled land, with śrāvakas and bodhisattvas together forming the saṃgha. Because the precepts are lax, the five turbidities defile the land; because the vehicle is also lax, it opens the three vehicles; because the vehicle is also strict, it reveals the one vehicle—the Sahā world is this. When precepts are strict and the vehicle is both lax and strict, this is a pure land. Because precepts are strict, the land lacks the five turbidities; because the vehicle is also lax, it opens the three vehicles; because it is also strict, it reveals the one—Sukhāvatī is this. When the vehicle is lax and precepts are strict, this is a pure land with purely śrāvakas forming the saṃgha; this can be known. When precepts are lax and the vehicle is strict, this is a defiled land with purely bodhisattvas forming the saṃgha; this can also be known. The distinction between purity and defilement is entirely due to sentient beings; the high and low, suffering and joy, do not concern the Buddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.6.76) - [Next: 6.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.6.78) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.6.77) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.6.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.6.77) · Pramāṇa