妙法蓮華經玄義 6.78

6.78

If we consider the meaning of subduing and gathering in, the lands depend on the Buddha and have nothing to do with sentient beings. Combining his compassion that contemplates evil with the concentration of creating transformations through the morally indeterminate, the Buddha brings forth impure lands to subdue and gather in sentient beings of the four destinies. Combining his compassion for wholesome karma with the concentration of creating transformations through the morally indeterminate, he subdues and gathers in sentient beings of the two destinies. Combining his compassion based on analyzing emptiness through the six perfections and so forth with the concentration of creating transformations through the morally indeterminate, the Buddha brings forth either impure lands or pure lands to subdue and gather in sentient beings of both the śrāvaka and bodhisattva realms. Combining his compassion based on embodying emptiness with the concentration of creating transformations through the morally indeterminate, the Buddha brings forth either pure lands or impure lands to subdue and gather in sentient beings of both the śrāvaka and bodhisattva realms of the shared teaching. Combining his compassion based on successively traversing distinctions with the concentration of creating transformations through the morally indeterminate, the Buddha brings forth impure or pure lands to subdue and gather in bodhisattva sentient beings of the distinctive realm. Combining his compassion based on immediate identity with the middle with the concentration of creating transformations through the morally indeterminate, the Buddha brings forth either pure lands or impure lands to subdue and gather in bodhisattva sentient beings of the perfect realm. Such various differences in the lands are all due to the transformative supernormal powers of the Tathāgata.