觀彌勒上生兜率天經贊 2.195

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贊曰：此明不樂生。業力未滿者，龍花三會亦發道心。其前樂生，三品業滿，龍花三會悉得道；此唯發心，故成差別。《菩薩處胎經》第二卷說「汝生快樂國，不如我國苦。汝說法甚易，我說法甚難。初說九十六，受我五戒者；次說九十四，受持三歸者；後說九十二，一稱南無佛。」據實上品生，修六事法。彼經唯言受我五戒。初會度者，但舉行者修六中一，威儀不缺攝，上下品生唯一事故。受持三歸第二會度者，中三品中中上品生，具三業故。一稱南無佛第三會度者，下三品中下下品攝，唯口念故。彼經且舉三中各一，麁俗所修，非具顯故，不相違也。

The commentary says: This clarifies those who do not aspire to be born [there]. For those whose karmic power is not yet complete, they will also give rise to the mind of awakening at the three assemblies under the dragon-flower [tree]. For those earlier who aspired to be born [there] and completed the karma of the three grades, they will all attain the Way at the three assemblies under the dragon-flower [tree]; here they merely give rise to the mind [of awakening], which is how they differ. The second fascicle of the Bodhisattvagarbha Sūtra says: 'You are born in a country of joy, which is not like the suffering of my country. For you to preach the Dharma is very easy; for me to preach the Dharma is very difficult. At the first preaching there will be ninety-six [crores], those who received my five precepts; next there will be ninety-four [crores], those who received and upheld the three refuges; later there will be ninety-two [crores], those who even once recited "Namo Buddhāya".' In reality, the upper grade of rebirth requires cultivating the six practices. That sūtra only speaks of receiving my five precepts. Those delivered at the first assembly are merely practitioners cultivating one among the six whose deportment is flawless, since the upper and lower levels within the upper grade of birth each involve only one practice. Those delivered at the second assembly through receiving and upholding the three refuges are born in the upper-middle grade among the three middle grades, because they possess the three karmas. Those delivered at the third assembly through reciting 'Namo Buddhāya' once are subsumed under the lowest-low grade of the three lower grades, because it is merely oral recitation. That sūtra merely cites one from each of the three, practiced by common folk, without fully demonstrating them; thus they do not contradict each other.