阿彌陀經通贊疏 1.3

1.3

詳夫理絕眾詮豈三乘之可攝、智圓萬德非十地以能觀，布慈雲而廕四生、洒法雨而濕九有，由是降神兜率、誕跡迦維，厭欲樂於王宮、獲真常於覺樹，良以群生業惑、魔黨增強，騰苦海以闢三途、溺慈舟而吞萬善，是以高張教網直指淨方，是入聖之玄門、乃超凡之妙躅，十重淨土約地位以等差、九品蓮臺契根宜之次第，大哉逈拋空有之門、獨頴斷常之表。

Upon contemplation: the Principle transcends all explanations—how could the three vehicles subsume it? Wisdom perfects the myriad virtues—how could the ten grounds contemplate it? Spreading the cloud of compassion to shelter the four modes of birth, scattering the rain of Dharma to moisten the nine realms of existence, he thereupon descended in spirit to Tuṣita and manifested his birth in Kapila. He wearied of sensual pleasures in the royal palace and attained the true and eternal beneath the tree of awakening. Truly, because the karma and afflictions of sentient beings and the hordes of Māra waxed ever stronger, surging over the sea of suffering to open wide the three wretched destinies, drowning the boat of compassion and swallowing up myriad virtues, he therefore hoisted high the net of the teaching and pointed directly to the pure realm. This is the profound portal for entering the noble and the wondrous track for transcending the mundane. The tenfold Pure Land is graded in accordance with the levels of attainment; the nine grades of lotus pedestals correspond to the capacities of beings in their proper sequence. How magnificent! It tosses far away the gates of emptiness and existence, and stands out singularly beyond annihilation and permanence.