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維摩經略疏 2.112

維摩經略疏 2.112

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Classical Chinese

2.112

問:淨土是菩薩行,何得約二乘心?答:《大品》明三乘,十地皆行皆學而不取證,佛亦學亦證。《法華》云「少欲厭生死」,實自淨佛土。若二乘心非淨佛土者,何得菩薩成佛之時有二乘眾生來生其國?

Question: A pure land is a bodhisattva practice; how can it be explained in terms of the minds of the two vehicles? Answer: The Dàpǐn clarifies that across the three vehicles and ten grounds, [bodhisattvas] practice all and learn all without taking realization, whereas the Buddha both learns and realizes. The Lotus [Sūtra] says, “With few desires, weary of birth and death,” which in reality purifies the buddha-land oneself. If the minds of the two vehicles were not the purification of a buddha-land, why would beings of the two vehicles come to be born in that land when a bodhisattva attains buddhahood?

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