觀無量壽佛經義疏 2.65

2.65

「『云何作想？凡作想者，一切眾生自非生盲，有目之徒皆見日沒。』」方隅渺𣾘無物表彰，此間落日有目皆見，顯了易觀，是可標準。疏云「落日懸鼓用標送想之方」，即此意也。言作想者，想即是觀。胎中失目謂之生盲。二、能觀想，四：初、示修儀；二、示觀相；三、顯成相；四、勸常觀。初、示修儀。

"'How should you form this visualization? All who form this visualization—all sentient beings, unless they are blind from birth, all those with eyes—see the setting sun.'" The directions are vast and indistinct without anything to mark them; here, the setting sun is seen by all who have eyes. It is obvious and easy to contemplate, and can serve as a standard. The commentary says: "The setting sun like a suspended drum is used to mark the direction toward which to send one's thought"—this is precisely what it means. Saying "form this visualization": "visualization" is contemplation. To lose one's eyes while in the womb is called being "blind from birth." Second, the mental contemplation that can contemplate it has four parts: first, showing the deportment of cultivation; second, showing the marks of contemplation; third, revealing the marks of success; fourth, exhorting constant contemplation. First, showing the deportment of cultivation.