大乘義章 19.10

19.10

次第六門明其所見質之同異。於中有二：一就處分別、二就事分別。言就處者，分別有四：一同處異見。如一世界，隨業不同種種異見。如恒河中，世人見水，餓鬼見火或見虛坈，如是一切。二異處同見。如娑婆界，百億天下處所雖別，所見相似。三同處同見。同業眾生，於一處中共見一事，如恒河無量眾生同知見水，如是一切。四異處異見。如娑婆界及安樂土，所見各別，如是一切。就處如是。次就事論。於一處中隨義分四：一者是其一質異見。如此娑婆一土地事，眾生於中種種異見，或見為水、或復見火、或見諸寶、或見虛空，如是一切。二者是其異質同見。於一處中，隨人所見種種異土，一段眾生見之唯一土田世界，如是一切。三一質一見。同類眾生共見一事，質體無別。四異質異見。如此娑婆異種眾生各別見，如經中說「眾生見劫盡，大火所燒時。我此土安穩，天人常充滿。」如是一切。良以諸法諸佛隨心所現，無定性故，見有種種。淨土之義雖以具攝，且隨其要略辨如是。

Next, the sixth section explains the sameness and difference of the substance seen. Within this, there are two [approaches]: first, distinguishing by place; second, distinguishing by thing. Regarding distinction by place, there are four distinctions: 1. Different sights in the same place. For instance, in a single world, there are diverse sights seen according to differences in karma. Like in the Ganges River, worldly people see water, hungry ghosts see fire or see an empty pit; all cases are like this. 2. The same sight in different places. For instance, in the Sahā world, although the locations of the ten billion worlds are distinct, what is seen is similar. 3. The same sight in the same place. Sentient beings of identical karma behold one and the same thing together in a single place, just as immeasurable sentient beings in the Ganges River alike perceive and see water; all cases are like this. 4. Different sights in different places. For instance, what is seen in the Sahā world and the Land of Peace and Bliss are distinct from each other; all cases are like this. Such is the distinction by place. Next, discussing by thing. Within a single place, four [types] are distinguished according to meaning: 1. Different sights of a single substance. For instance, regarding the single land-matter of this Sahā [world], sentient beings therein have various different sights: some see it as water, some see it as fire, some see it as jewels, and some see it as empty space; all cases are like this. 2. The same sight of different substances. In a single place, corresponding to the various different lands seen by people, a given group of sentient beings sees it solely as a single world of soil and fields; all cases are like this. 3. A single sight of a single substance. Sentient beings of the same class behold one and the same thing together, with no difference in the substantive entity. 4. Different sights of different substances. For instance, different kinds of sentient beings in this Sahā [world] see distinctly, as the sūtra says: 'When sentient beings see the kalpa ending / and being consumed by a great fire, / this land of mine is secure and tranquil, / ever filled with gods and humans.' All cases are like this. Truly, because all dharmas and all Buddhas are manifested according to mind and lack fixed nature, the sights are diverse. Although the meaning of the pure land has already been comprehensively gathered, it is briefly discriminated according to its essentials in this manner.