淨土十疑論 1.6

1.6

吾以是觀之，智慧者易生，能斷疑故；禪定者易生，不散亂故；持戒者易生，遠諸染故；布施者易生，不我有故；忍辱者易生，不瞋恚故；精進者易生，不退轉故；不造善、不作惡者易生，念能一故；諸惡已作、業報已現者易生，實慚懼故。雖有眾善，若無誠信心、無深心、無迴向發願心者，則不得上上品生矣。

Observing it from this perspective, those with wisdom easily attain rebirth, because they can sever doubt; those with meditative concentration easily attain rebirth, because they are not scattered; those who uphold the precepts easily attain rebirth, because they stay far from all defilements; those who practice generosity easily attain rebirth, because they possess no self; those who practice patience easily attain rebirth, because they have no anger; those with vigorous effort easily attain rebirth, because they do not regress; those who neither create good nor do evil easily attain rebirth, because their mindfulness can be unified; those who have already committed all evils and whose karmic retributions have already manifested easily attain rebirth, because they possess true shame and fear. Even if one possesses many wholesome qualities, if one lacks a sincere and faithful mind, a deep mind, and a mind of dedication and aspiration, one cannot attain rebirth of the highest grade of the highest level.