釋淨土群疑論 4.6

4.6

Question: The second fascicle of the Bodhisattvagarbhastha Sūtra says: 'Twelve hundred million nayutas to the west of this Jambudvīpa, there is a Land of Indolence. That land is pleasurable, with singing, dancing, and music, adornments of robes, garments, incense, and flowers, and seven-jeweled turning beds; if one looks eastward, the jeweled bed turns accordingly, and looking north, west, or south, it likewise turns so. The beings from earlier and later times who gave rise to the thought wanting to be born in the land of Amitābha Buddha all become attached to the Land of Indolence, unable to advance forward to be born in Amitābha's land; among hundreds of thousands of millions of beings, occasionally only one person is born in the land of Amitābha Buddha.' Judging from this sūtra, it is difficult to attain rebirth. Why do you now encourage rebirth in that Buddha's land?