釋淨土群疑論 4.28

4.28

問曰：如論中說「過去生中所造重罪，縱修勝善乃至得聖，猶受過去定報之業。如離越阿羅漢等。」今既具造重罪，往生西方。雖生淨土既無聖道，生彼國已為受苦耶？為不受苦耶？若受苦者，即不應言無有諸苦但受諸樂。若不受者，生彼凡夫未起一念無漏聖道，如何造彼重罪而永不受苦耶？

Question: As stated in the treatises, 'The grave sins committed in past lives, even if one cultivates superior good and attains sagehood, still result in experiencing the karmic retribution that is fixed from the past, as in the case of the arhat Revata and others.' Now, one has fully committed grave sins and is reborn in the West. Although reborn in the pure land, having no holy path, after being born in that land, does one experience suffering or not? If one experiences suffering, then it should not be said that 'there is no suffering, but only the enjoyment of all pleasures.' If one does not experience it, then since that ordinary person born there has not generated even a single moment of the uncontaminated holy path, how could they commit those grave sins and never experience suffering?