阿彌陀經疏 1.205

1.205

答：「彼論據佛受用報土說，以諸佛受用土唯有十地諸大菩薩、無二乘凡夫故。今此經中約化土說，有地前菩薩及二乘凡夫同見同受用故。《觀經》言小乘根性亦得往生，諸菩薩者亦舉常隨菩薩眾也。言聲聞者，《寶積經》云有四：一、是應化；二、增上慢；三、定性；四、發菩提心。言應化者，實是諸佛及大菩薩，為度眾生示作聲聞，為引接實聲聞故，即富樓那、羅睺羅等是。言增上慢者，未得謂得、未證謂證，名增上慢。言定性者，謂本少慈心，一向為己不為眾生，怖畏世間唯住涅槃，是名於小乘中決定性也。言發菩提心者，彼從本來慈悲心少，親近於佛所信心，彼雖住涅槃，諸佛勸化方便誘引，遂發菩提心，然而遲鈍。」

Answer: "That treatise speaks on the basis of the Buddha's enjoyment reward land, because the enjoyment land of the Buddhas has only the great bodhisattvas of the ten bhūmis and has no ordinary beings or people of the two vehicles. Now, in this sūtra, it is spoken with respect to the transformation land, because bodhisattvas prior to the bhūmis, as well as ordinary beings and people of the two vehicles, see it and enjoy it together. The *Contemplation Sūtra* says that those of small-vehicle nature also attain rebirth. 'The bodhisattvas' also cites the assembly of bodhisattvas who are constant attendants. Regarding 'śrāvakas', the *Ratnakūṭa Sūtra* says there are four kinds: first, manifested transformations; second, those of excessive pride; third, those of fixed nature; fourth, those who generate the bodhicitta. 'Manifested transformations' means they are actually Buddhas and great bodhisattvas who manifest as śrāvakas to deliver sentient beings, in order to guide and receive actual śrāvakas, such as Pūrṇa, Rāhula, and others. 'Those of excessive pride' means claiming to have attained what has not been attained and claiming to have realized what has not been realized; this is called excessive pride. 'Those of fixed nature' means those who originally have little compassion, being solely for themselves and not for sentient beings, fearing the world and abiding only in nirvāṇa; this is called being of definitive nature within the small vehicle. 'Those who generate the bodhicitta' means those who originally had little compassion, but drew near to the Buddha and developed faith; although they abide in nirvāṇa, the Buddhas admonish and transform them, skillfully enticing them, so that they eventually generate the bodhicitta, though they are dull and slow."