[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋淨土群疑論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960) › 5.37 # 釋淨土群疑論 5.37 釋淨土群疑論 5.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.5.37) 釋曰：此有四釋。一釋云：二乘種不生者，依《瑜伽師地論》說，有五乘眾生，無始已來法爾成就五乘姓別，一菩薩乘、二緣覺乘、三聲聞乘、四人天乘、五不定乘。言二乘種不生者，是緣覺乘及人天乘，以緣覺乘定受緣覺之果，多生無佛世界，不可生於淨土，以淨土有佛，又不信有十方淨土。人天乘唯是流轉生死凡夫，不可生淨土，以淨土眾生皆是當得無上菩提故。二釋，前義不然。若以二乘種不生，取緣覺乘人天乘者，即聲聞乘得生者，何故言大乘善根界？又言非但無三種體，亦無三種名耶？今二乘種不生，不論人天乘，但於三乘之中除聲聞緣覺二乘，名二乘種不生也。 > Explanation: There are four explanations of this. The first explanation states: 'seeds of the two vehicles are not born' is based on the Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra, which says that there are sentient beings of five vehicles who, from beginningless time, are naturally endowed with distinct lineages (gotra) of the five vehicles: 1. the Bodhisattva Vehicle, 2. the Pratyekabuddha Vehicle, 3. the Śrāvaka Vehicle, 4. the Human and Deva Vehicle, and 5. the Indeterminate Vehicle. Saying that 'seeds of the two vehicles are not born' refers to the Pratyekabuddha Vehicle and the Human and Deva Vehicle. Because those of the Pratyekabuddha Vehicle definitely experience the fruit of a pratyekabuddha, they are mostly born in Buddha-less worlds and cannot be born in a pure land, for a pure land has a Buddha, nor do they believe in the pure lands of the ten directions. The Human and Deva Vehicle consists purely of ordinary beings (pṛthagjana) transmigrating in birth and death, and cannot be born in a pure land, because the sentient beings in the pure land are all those who will attain unexcelled awakening. The second explanation states: the previous meaning is not correct. If by 'seeds of the two vehicles are not born' one takes the Pratyekabuddha Vehicle and the Human and Deva Vehicle, meaning that those of the Śrāvaka Vehicle can be born there, then why does it say 'realm of Mahāyāna wholesome roots'? And why does it say that not only are the substances of these three absent, but even their three names do not exist? Now, 'seeds of the two vehicles are not born' does not concern the Human and Deva Vehicle; rather, among the three vehicles, excluding the two vehicles of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas is called 'seeds of the two vehicles are not born.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.5.36) - [Next: 5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.5.38) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960~en-mt.5.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1960.5.37) · Pramāṇa