觀無量壽佛經疏 1.32

1.32

中中者，諸師云：見道已前內凡者。何故《觀經》云：「受持一日一夜戒，迴願往生。命欲終時，見佛即得往生。」以此文證，豈得言是內凡人也？但是佛去世後，無善凡夫，命延日夜，逢遇小緣，授其小戒，迴願往生。以佛願力，即得生也。若論小聖，去亦無妨。但此《觀經》，佛為凡說，不干聖也。

Regarding the middle-middle rank: various masters say that they are internal pṛthagjanas prior to the path of seeing. Why, then, does the Dhyāna Sūtra state: 'Receiving and upholding the precepts for one day and one night, they transfer the merit and vow to be reborn. When their life is about to end, seeing the Buddha, they immediately attain rebirth'? Relying on this textual proof, how could one say that this is an internal pṛthagjana? It is simply a pṛthagjana without goodness after the Buddha's decease whose life is prolonged for a day and night, who meets with a minor condition, receives these minor precepts, and transfers the merit, vowing to be reborn. Through the power of the Buddha's vow, they immediately attain rebirth. If we speak of lesser sages, there is also no hindrance to their going. But in this Dhyāna Sūtra, the Buddha spoke for ordinary beings; it does not concern sages.