維摩經略疏 7.20

7.20

問：別有寂光土耶？答：不然。只分段變易即常寂光，如螺髻所見即穢是淨，更不別求，故云「譬如諸天共寶器食，飯色有異。」言諸天者，表三土也，皆有依正，正報即身、依即住處所有淨妙五欲等也。言皆空者表常寂光無此依報封彊之別，亦無正報種類之殊，同入究竟真空之理，如此室空無物無侍。從來對諸方便賓客須安眾具，今賓皆成畢竟空機。假令未入必入，不久已得香飯如聞毒鼓，至聞《法華》一切皆入，是故空室正表於此。

Question: Is there a separate Land of Quiescent Light? Answer: Not so. Fragmented and transformative are themselves the Eternally Quiescent Light. Just as what Śikhin saw was that the defiled is itself the pure, and one does not seek separately; therefore it says, "For instance, the devas eat from a common precious vessel, but the color of the rice differs." Saying "the devas" symbolizes the three lands: all have environmental and personal retribution—the personal retribution is the body; the environmental is the dwelling place, the pure and wondrous five desires possessed, and so forth. Saying "all are empty" symbolizes that Eternally Quiescent Light has no such distinctions of environmental boundaries, nor does it have differences among kinds of personal retribution, but all together enter the principle of ultimate true emptiness, just as this room is empty without things and without attendants. Formerly, when facing various expedient guests, all the furnishings had to be provided; now the guests have all become vessels for ultimate emptiness. Even if they have not yet entered, they surely will enter; having obtained the fragrant rice before long, like hearing the poison drum, when they come to hear the Lotus Sūtra they will all enter. Therefore, the empty room directly symbolizes this.