阿彌陀經疏 1.15

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第四文中有五功德：一、妓樂功德，常住天樂故；二、寶地功德，黃金為地故；三、雨華功德，六時雨華故，如論頌曰「金地作天樂，雨華散其間，歡樂無疲極，晝夜未嘗眠」故；四、自在功德，乘通遊行故；五、受用功德，飯食經行故，如論頌曰「供養十方佛，報得通作翼，愛樂佛法味，禪三昧為食」故。然彼土食有二種：一者、內食，如此論說；二者、外食，如餘經說。如兩卷經言，若欲食時，七寶鉢器自然在前，百味飯食自然盈滿，雖有是食而無食者，但見色聞香意以為足。今此經言飯食經行者，文相合於受用外食也。

In the fourth passage there are five merits: first, the merit of music, because heavenly music constantly abides; second, the merit of the precious ground, because yellow gold serves as the ground; third, the merit of raining flowers, because flowers rain during the six periods, as the verse of the treatise says: "Upon the golden ground celestial music plays, / And raining flowers scatter among it; / In joy and pleasure without fatigue, / Day and night they never sleep"; fourth, the merit of sovereignty, because they roam and travel by means of supernormal powers; fifth, the merit of enjoyment, because they take their meal and engage in walking meditation, as the verse of the treatise says: "Making offerings to the Buddhas of the ten directions, / With supernormal powers gained through retribution as their wings; / Cherishing the flavour of the Buddha Dharma, / Taking dhyāna and samādhi as food." However, the food of that land is of two kinds: first, internal food, as expounded in this treatise; second, external food, as expounded in other sūtras. As the two-fascicle sūtra says, when they wish to eat, seven-jeweled bowls naturally appear before them, filled naturally with food of a hundred flavours; although there is this food, there is no one who eats it—they merely see its colour and smell its fragrance, and consider themselves satisfied. Now, when this sūtra says "having taken their meal, they engage in walking meditation," the textual phrasing matches the enjoyment of external food.