阿彌陀經疏 1.207

1.207

答：「準《觀經》、《無量壽經》等，彼但有三種聲聞，無增上慢者。何以知之？準此土有增上慢者，或惡魔作佛示與授記，即自念言：『有何所得故。』謂證涅槃與大阿羅漢同；或有坐得四禪言得四果，即將自身為阿羅漢等想，悉受他供養。準《成實論》，此人後當憂惱，謂臨命終時乃見三惡趣中陰相現即生憂惱；彼國無此故無也。《清淨覺經》云：其國菩薩羅漢自共語言，皆說經道不說餘語，其聲如三百雷聲，皆悉相敬愛無相憎嫉，悉存長幼上下。」

Answer: "According to the *Contemplation Sūtra*, the *Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra*, and the like, there are only three kinds of śrāvakas there, and none of excessive pride. How is this known? According to this land, there are those of excessive pride, or evil Māras acting as Buddhas who manifest and grant them prophecies, whereupon they think to themselves, 'Why is there anything to be attained?', believing their realization of nirvāṇa to be identical to that of great arhats; or there are those who while sitting attain the four dhyānas and say they have attained the four fruits, immediately conceiving of themselves as arhats and the like, and receiving offerings from others. According to the *Tattvasiddhi-śāstra*, such a person will later experience sorrow and affliction, meaning that when their life is about to end, seeing the intermediate existence signs of the three evil paths appear, they immediately produce sorrow and affliction. Because that land lacks this, there are none [of excessive pride]. The *Sūtra of Pure Enlightenment* says: The bodhisattvas and arhats in that land speak with one another, all discussing the path of the sūtras and not speaking of other matters; their voices are like three hundred rolls of thunder, and they all revere and love one another without mutual hatred or jealousy, completely preserving seniority and hierarchy."