觀無量壽佛經疏 2.106

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五、從佛告韋提下，至令汝得見已來，正明夫人是凡非聖。由非聖故，仰惟聖力冥加，彼國雖遙得覩。此明如來恐眾生置惑，謂言夫人是聖非凡。由起疑故，即自生怯弱。然韋提現是菩薩，假示凡身。我等罪人，無由比及。為斷此疑，故言汝是凡夫也。言心想羸劣者，由是凡故曾無大志也。言未得天眼者，此明夫人肉眼，所見遠近，不足為言。況淨土彌遙，云何可見？言諸佛如來有異方便已下，此明若依心所見國土莊嚴者，非汝凡能普，悉歸功於佛也。

Fifth, from 'The Buddha told Vaidehī' down to 'enabling you to see' directly clarifies that the Queen is a pṛthagjana and not a sage. Because she is not a sage, she relies reverently on the invisible assistance of the sacred power, so that although that land is far away, it can be seen. This clarifies that the Tathāgata feared sentient beings would harbor doubt, saying that the Queen was a sage and not a pṛthagjana. Due to giving rise to doubt, they would naturally develop timidity and weakness: 'Indeed, Vaidehī is a bodhisattva manifesting in the form of a pṛthagjana. Sins like ours can in no way compare.' To sever this doubt, he therefore said, 'You are a pṛthagjana.' 'Inferior thoughts of mind' means that because she is a pṛthagjana, she never had great aspirations. 'Not yet having attained the divine eye' clarifies that the range seen by the Queen's fleshy eye is not worth mentioning. How much less so the Pure Land, which is so far away—how could it be seen? 'The Buddhas, the Tathāgatas, have extraordinary expedient means' and so forth clarifies that if one sees the adornments of the land in accordance with the mind, this is not something you as a pṛthagjana are capable of; all merit belongs to the Buddha.