釋淨土群疑論 1.27

1.27

問曰：此義更難。若爾者，即應身非三界之身，業非三界之業。若業非三界者，當在娑婆孝養父母，修行三福，作十六觀念佛等業。此等業當起之時，未得色界心，即是欲界生得善聞慧思慧心；若得色界定，即是色界修慧之心。生色界已，願生西方，即是色界生得善聞慧修慧心，無漏之心不能感報。業既是其界所攝，以業招報，還須三界所收。因果決然，豈得乖斯道理而言生淨土非是三界之身耶？

Question: This point is even more difficult. If that were so, then the body would not be a body of the three realms, and the karma would not be karma of the three realms. If the karma is not of the three realms, while in the Sahā [world] one is filial to parents, cultivates the three merits, and performs karma such as the sixteen contemplations and buddhānusmṛti. When such karma arises, if one has not yet attained the form-realm mind, it is the mind of innate wholesome [roots], hearing-derived wisdom, and thinking-derived wisdom of the desire realm; if one attains form-realm concentration, it is the cultivation-derived wisdom mind of the form realm. Having been born into the form realm, vowing to be reborn in the West is the mind of innate wholesome [roots], hearing-derived wisdom, and cultivation-derived wisdom of the form realm; an uncontaminated mind cannot karmically produce retribution. Since karma is subsumed under its respective realm, when karma brings about retribution, it must still be contained within the three realms. Cause and effect are certain; how could one contradict this principle and say that rebirth in the Pure Land is not a body of the three realms?