維摩經略疏 2.154

2.154

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.