釋淨土群疑論 4.28

4.28

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?