淨名玄論 8.2

8.2

此經始末盛談淨土，二處四會義勢相關，《法華玄論》雖已委釋，餘未盡者今當略陳。依梵本初猶是序品，譯經之人改為佛國。為佛國中有三章經，初云「眾生之類是菩薩佛土」，次章云「直心是菩薩佛土」。此之二章雖是一品之文，乃大明淨土之洪輅也。眾師多別搆玄，不以文為意，故喜失經旨也。

From beginning to end, this sūtra speaks extensively of the pure land, and the thematic momentum across the two places and four assemblies is interconnected. Although it has already been explained in detail in the Fahua xuanlun, what remains unexhausted will now be briefly presented. According to the Sanskrit text, the beginning was still the introductory chapter; the translators changed it to 'Buddha Land'. Within 'Buddha Land' there are three sections of text: the first says, 'The categories of sentient beings are the bodhisattva's buddha land'; the next section says, 'The straight mind is the bodhisattva's buddha land.' Although these two sections belong to the text of a single chapter, they are the grand carriage that greatly illuminates the pure land. Many masters construct separate profundities without paying heed to the text, and therefore frequently lose the sūtra's purport.