觀無量壽佛經義疏 2.47

2.47

「『唯願世尊教我思惟、教我正受。』」初修方便作意觀緣名思惟，觀想既成任運妙契名正受。如地觀云「如此想者，名為粗見極樂國」，地即思惟也。若得三昧，見彼國地了了分明不可具說，即正受也。善導《玄義》據《華嚴經》「思惟正受並是三昧」，與此地觀文證大同。又《觀佛三昧經》云「佛告阿難：『佛滅度後，佛諸弟子聞是法者、思是法者、觀是法者，此人常於夢中見佛。』」又云「『聞是語、思是法者，有正念者、有正受者。』」準知思惟正受皆屬觀法，淺深有異。又復前云「教我觀於清淨業處」，即知韋提唯請觀耳。三、頻婆蒙光獲證道果。

"'May the World-Honoured One only teach me how to deliberate and teach me how to correctly attain.'" The initial provisional cultivation of intentionally contemplating conditions is called "deliberating" (siwei); once the visualisation is accomplished and spontaneously accords with the wondrous reality, it is called "correct attainment" (zhenggshou). As the contemplation of the ground says, "Practising this visualisation is called roughly seeing the ground of Sukhāvatī"—the ground is "deliberating". If one attains samādhi and sees the ground of that land distinctly and clearly beyond description, that is "correct attainment". Shandao's Xuanyi, based on the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, states that "deliberating and correct attainment are both samādhi", which is largely the same as the textual evidence here in the contemplation of the ground. Furthermore, the Guanfo sanmei jing says: "The Buddha told Ānanda: 'After the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, if any disciples of the Buddha hear this Dharma, deliberate on this Dharma, and contemplate this Dharma, this person will constantly see the Buddha in dreams.'" It also says: "'Those who hear these words and deliberate on this Dharma have correct mindfulness and have correct attainment.'" By this we know that both deliberating and correct attainment belong to the methods of contemplation, differing in shallowness and depth. Moreover, earlier it said, "teach me to contemplate the place of pure karma", so we know that Vaidehī was only requesting contemplation. Third, Bimbisāra receives the light and attains the fruit of the path.