觀無量壽佛經義疏 3.37

3.37

"‘When this visualization is accomplished, it extinguishes the offenses of saṃsāra of fifty thousand eons, and one will definitely be born in the world of Sukhāvatī.’" Eliminating offenses and destroying doubt. This is the initial expedient for contemplating the Buddha, so the offenses eliminated are still relatively few; when one proceeds to the contemplation of the image, the offenses eliminated are many; subsequently reaching the contemplation of the Buddha, one attains anutpattika-dharma-kṣānti, which shatters fundamental ignorance. Fifth, distinguishing the correct from the incorrect.