四明尊者教行錄 4.27

4.27

答：經論相違，其例不少，不須和會也。今若強會者，此經雖則云皆以玻瓈為地，何妨樹木宮殿或純黃金白銀，亦得云黃金白銀世界也。又本居之土雖無菩薩，欲來集時，為同諸佛故，將化菩薩來為侍者，應無大妨。又諸土唯云菩薩充滿者，蓋約今經開顯而說，但化菩薩，不為二乘，乃直以二乘而為菩薩，有何不可。

Answer: Discrepancies between sūtras and treatises are not few in number; there is no need to harmonize them. Now, if we were to forcefully harmonize them: although this sūtra says that all have crystal for ground, what would prevent the trees and palaces from being purely of gold or silver, such that they could also be called worlds of gold and silver? Moreover, although the lands of their original dwelling had no bodhisattvas, when they were about to gather, in order to be like the other buddhas, they brought transformed bodhisattvas to serve as attendants; there should be no great obstacle in this. Furthermore, that the various lands are said only to be filled with bodhisattvas is spoken with respect to the opening and revelation of the present sūtra: it only transforms bodhisattvas and does not act for the two vehicles, directly taking the two vehicles to be bodhisattvas—what could be objectionable about this?