阿彌陀經疏 1.73

1.73

Answer: "The Tathāgata intended to let the great assembly know that the two kinds of goodness, concentrated and dispersed, are the causes for the pure land taught by the Buddhas of the three times, and therefore commanded him to preach it again. Furthermore, he hoped that this sūtra would be transmitted perpetually to later ages, and that when it was later compiled, people would know what Ānanda transmitted was not false; that is why he commanded it to be spoken. It is not that because they had already heard it, it was spoken without request and should therefore be second. The remaining two sūtras can be understood as explained before."