釋淨土群疑論 1.21

1.21

問：彼土凡夫是人是天，於義何廢？經文但言無三惡趣，何妨得有人天趣耶？而經言非天非人者，此說大菩薩等非天非人，因順餘方故有人天之名，非據凡夫得往生者。凡夫生彼，或是人趣或是天趣，於理無妨。

Question: Whether the pṛthagjanas in that land are humans or devas, what contradiction is there in the meaning? The sūtra text only says there are no three evil destinies; what is to prevent there being human and deva destinies? When the sūtra says they are neither devas nor humans, this speaks of the great bodhisattvas and others as being neither devas nor humans, having the names of humans and devas merely in conformity with other regions, and is not spoken with reference to the pṛthagjanas who attain rebirth. For pṛthagjanas born there to be either in the human destiny or the deva destiny is logically without contradiction.