釋淨土群疑論 1.26

1.26

釋曰：此何所惑更為斯問？淨土器世間雖有漏識心所變，而不得名三界，即有漏義寬、三界義局。淨土凡夫但名化生有情，不得言人天二趣，此即四生義寬、五趣義局。今此亦爾，雖是凡夫有漏之身，不得名為三界身也。

Explanation: What doubt is there here that prompts asking this again? Although the receptacle world of the Pure Land is transformed by the contaminated, conscious mind, it cannot be called the three realms; this is the meaning of "contaminated" being broad and "three realms" being narrow. Pṛthagjanas of the Pure Land are only called apparitionally born sentient beings, and cannot be called the two destinies of humans and devas; this is "four modes of birth" being broad and "five destinies" being narrow. The present case is also like this: although it is the contaminated body of a pṛthagjana, it cannot be called a body of the three realms.