釋淨土群疑論 4.10

4.10

問曰：經言「內有邪三毒，外感神鬼魔」，今言「念佛三昧得見阿彌陀佛，及臨命終時佛與聖眾持花來迎」。既是凡夫，有邪三毒，如何不是神鬼魔耶？

Question: A sūtra states, "Internally there are the evil three poisons, and externally they attract spirits, ghosts, and māras." Now you say, "Through buddhānusmṛti-samādhi one attains the sight of Amitābha, and at the time of death, the Buddha together with the assembly of sages comes holding a flower to welcome them." Since one is a pṛthagjana possessing the evil three poisons, how could this not be spirits, ghosts, and māras?