觀無量壽佛經義疏 2.37

2.37

"At that time, Vaidehī saw the Buddha, the World-Honoured One, broke off her own necklaces, cast her entire body to the ground, and wailed toward the Buddha." Having been imprisoned for a long time without expecting to encounter the Buddha, sorrow and joy filled her breast with no time for hesitation; she snapped the necklaces around her neck to offer them to the Buddha, and threw herself to the ground to exhaust her sincerity. Second, requesting the Dharma, has two parts: first, inquiring generally about the place of rebirth; second, inquiring specifically about the causes for rebirth. First, inquiring generally about the place of rebirth, in two parts: first, broadly asking about past causes; second, directly asking about the place of rebirth. First, broadly asking about past causes.