注維摩詰經 1.374

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肇曰：土之淨者必由眾生，眾生之淨必因眾行，直舉眾生以釋土淨。今備舉眾行，明其所以淨也。夫行淨則眾生淨，眾生淨則佛土淨。此必然之數，不可差也。土無洿曲，乃出于心直，故曰直心是菩薩淨土也。此則因中說果，猶指金為食。直心者，謂質直無諂。此心乃是萬行之本，故建章有之矣。

[Seng]zhao says: A land's purity must depend on sentient beings, and sentient beings' purity must rely on the myriad practices; he directly adduces sentient beings to explain the purity of the land. Now he completely adduces the myriad practices to clarify that by which it is pure. When practices are pure then sentient beings are pure; when sentient beings are pure then the buddha-land is pure. This is an inevitable principle that cannot deviate. A land free of crookedness arises from the straightforwardness of the mind; therefore it is said, 'The straightforward mind is the bodhisattva's pure land.' This is speaking of the fruit in terms of the cause, like pointing to gold as food. The 'straightforward mind' means plain and direct without flattery. This mind is the root of the myriad practices, hence it is established at the head of the chapter.