維摩經略疏 1.27

1.27

問：經論散明可如向說，不見四土一處出之。答：經論度此本自不多，尋讀之者又不備悉，四土共出何必無文？正如此經答長者子，即是其意。文云「隨所化眾生而取佛土，隨所調伏眾生而取佛土，隨諸眾生應以何國入佛智慧，隨諸眾生應以何國起菩薩根。」若對四土，宛然相似。名目既異，佛意難量。在下對文，別當解釋。

Question: The scattered explanations in sūtras and treatises may indeed be as stated above, but we do not see the four lands presented together in a single place. Answer: Translations of sūtras and treatises to this [land] were inherently not numerous, and those who study and read them are not fully familiar with everything; why must there be no text in which the four lands appear together? Exactly as in this sūtra when answering the elder's son, that is precisely its meaning. The text states: "In accordance with the sentient beings to be transformed, he takes a buddha-land; in accordance with the sentient beings to be disciplined, he takes a buddha-land; in accordance with the land through which sentient beings should enter the Buddha's wisdom, [he takes a buddha-land]; in accordance with the land through which sentient beings should arouse bodhisattva roots, [he takes a buddha-land]." If matched with the four lands, they correspond perfectly. Since the names are different, the Buddha's intent is difficult to fathom. Below, in matching the text, it will be explained separately.