略論安樂淨土義 1.20

1.20

「疑有四意：一者、疑但憶念阿彌陀佛，不必得往生安樂。何以故？經言：『業道如秤，重者先牽。』云何一生或百年，或十年或一月，無惡不造，但以十念相續，便得往生，即入正定聚，畢竟不退，與三途諸苦永隔乎？若爾，先牽之義，何以所信？又曠劫已來，俱造諸行有漏之法，繫屬三界，云何不斷三界結惑，直以少時念阿彌陀佛，便出三界乎？繫業之義，復欲云何？對治此疑，故言不思議智。

"Doubt has four aspects: First, doubting that merely being mindful of Amitābha Buddha does not necessarily guarantee rebirth in [the Land of] Peace and Bliss. Why is this? The sūtra says: 'The way of karma is like a scale; that which is heavier pulls [one] first.' How could it be that someone who, throughout a lifetime, or for a hundred years, or for ten years, or for one month, has committed every evil, can, merely through the continuity of ten thoughts, immediately attain rebirth, immediately enter the samyaktva-niyata-rāśi, ultimately never backslide, and be forever separated from all the sufferings of the three evil destinies? If so, how can the meaning of 'that which is heavier pulls first' be believed? Furthermore, since beginningless kalpas, one has jointly created conditioned phenomena bound up with defilements, tied to the three realms; how could it be that without severing the fetters and delusions of the three realms, simply by being mindful of Amitābha Buddha for a short time, one immediately transcends the three realms? How then should the principle of binding karma be explained? As an antidote to this doubt, it speaks of 'inconceivable wisdom.'