維摩經略疏 2.154

2.154

「所以者何」下，二、正舉所見釋疑。文為三：一梵王見淨、二身子見穢、三釋見淨穢之由。一、梵王自述所見，以自在天為類者，有二處天同名自在，或六欲頂或色界頂。今欲界也，類同居淨土莊嚴殊妙。西方淨土亦同居淨也，彼經亦舉第六天為類，故云其寶猶如第六天寶。但六天正報比西方身，如彼乞人在帝釋側。此是舉近以況遠耳。

From "Why is this?" onward is the second part, directly adducing what he sees to resolve the doubt. The text has three parts: first, the Brahmā King sees purity; second, Śāriputra sees impurity; third, the explanation of the reasons for seeing purity or impurity. First, the Brahmā King relates what he sees, using the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heaven as an analogy. There are two places of heavens that share the name Vaśavartin: either the summit of the six desire heavens or the summit of the form realm. Here it is the desire realm, analogous to the wondrous and extraordinary adornments of the pure Land of Common Residence. The Western Pure Land is also a pure Land of Common Residence; that sūtra also raises the sixth heaven as an analogy, saying that its jewels are like the jewels of the sixth heaven. However, comparing the direct retribution of the sixth heaven to the bodies in the West is like comparing a beggar to Indra. This is merely citing what is near to illustrate what is far.