釋淨土群疑論 3.3

3.3

Explanation: Ancient and modern Great Worthies, when interpreting these two sūtras, have had fifteen traditions together explaining this teaching: First, those admitted in the Guan jing are people who repent, while those excluded in the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra are people who do not repent. Second, those admitted in the Guan jing are people who commit heinous acts with a light mind, while those excluded in the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra are people who commit heinous acts with a heavy mind. Third, those admitted in the Guan jing are only people who commit the five heinous acts, while those excluded in the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra are people who commit both the five heinous acts and slander the Dharma. Fourth, those admitted in the Guan jing are people who commit acts similar to the heinous acts, while those excluded in the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra are those who commit the actual five heinous acts. Fifth, those admitted in the Guan jing are people who generate the bodhicitta, while those excluded in the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra are people who do not generate the bodhicitta. Sixth, those admitted in the Guan jing are people who with utmost sincerity recite Amitābha Buddha, while those excluded in the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra are people who do not with utmost sincerity recite Amitābha Buddha. Seventh, those admitted in the Guan jing are bodhisattvas of the ten faiths, while those excluded in the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra are not bodhisattvas of the ten faiths. Eighth, those admitted in the Guan jing are not icchantikas, while those excluded in the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra are icchantikas. Ninth, those admitted in the Guan jing is addressed to people who have already committed heinous acts, while those excluded in the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra is addressed to people who have not yet committed heinous acts. Tenth, those admitted in the Guan jing is the gate of opening, while those excluded in the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra is the gate of barring. Eleventh, those admitted in the Guan jing speaks of the karma of the five heinous acts when it is indeterminate karma that can be transformed, while those excluded in the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra speaks of the karma of the five heinous acts when it is determinate karma that cannot be transformed. Twelfth, those admitted in the Guan jing are people at the stages of heat and summit, while those excluded in the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra are people not at the stages of heat and summit. Thirteenth, those admitted in the Guan jing are people who have planted the roots of goodness conducive to liberation (mokṣabhāgīya), while those excluded in the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra are people who have not planted the roots of goodness conducive to liberation. Fourteenth, those admitted in the Guan jing are people of the second tier, while those excluded in the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra are people of the third tier. Fifteenth, those admitted in the Guan jing are people who strictly complete ten recitations, while those excluded in the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra generally covers those who complete ten recitations and those who do not complete ten recitations.