無量壽經連義述文贊 2.217

2.217

Regarding the sūtra saying from “those bodhisattvas and śrāvakas” down to “neither too slow nor too fast,” the commentary states: Fourth, provisions and utilities responding to wishes. “Mental defilements” is a designation for afflictions, which are eliminated only by wisdom. Yet [the sūtra says] water eliminates them because touching the water serves as a condition that arouses wisdom to purge and eliminate them.