金光明經文句記 2.176

2.176

二、「應佛」下，結應佛皆然。佛佛既皆三身圓證，應身彼物物壽長短，豈不隨順各示兩量？故彌陀現長亦能現短，釋迦現短亦能現長。故《大論》第三十六云「當知釋迦文佛更有清淨國土，如阿彌陀佛國。阿彌陀佛亦有不嚴淨國，如釋迦文佛國。」又三十八云「此間閻浮惡故，釋迦壽應短。餘處好故，佛壽應長。」故《涅槃》二十二云「西方去此三十二河沙有無勝國，所有莊嚴如安樂世界，我於彼土出現於世。」斯皆隨逐物機也。

Second, from "Response Buddhas..." onward: concluding that all response Buddhas are like this. Since every Buddha completely realizes the three bodies, how could the length of the lifespan of those beings to whom the response body [appears] not conform to them and respectively display both measures? Therefore, Amitābha manifests long and can also manifest short; Śākyamuni manifests short and can also manifest long. Thus the thirty-sixth fascicle of the Great Treatise says: "One should know that Śākyamuni Buddha has yet another pure land, like the land of Amitābha Buddha. Amitābha Buddha also has an unadorned and impure land, like the land of Śākyamuni Buddha." Again, the thirty-eighth fascicle says: "Because Jambudvīpa here is evil, Śākyamuni's lifespan should be short. Because other places are good, the Buddha's lifespan should be long." Thus the twenty-second fascicle of the Nirvāṇa [Sūtra] says: "To the west, past thirty-two sands of the Gaṅgā, there is the country of Invincibility; its adornments are like the World of Peace and Joy, and I appear in the world in that land." These all follow the capacities of beings.