淨土論 2.20

2.20

答曰：若如彼經，無結使人始得往生者，唯佛一人得生，餘皆不得，以十地後心菩薩猶有二種無明故。今解彼經言凡夫念者，若不發菩提心、求出三界作佛，直爾念佛求生西方，獨善一身、避苦逐樂者，此是凡夫念，亦不得往生。故《無量壽經》三輩生人，皆須發菩提心也。不雜結使念者，唯須一心相續觀佛相好。若口念佛、心緣五欲者，是雜結使念也。念佛是淳淨心，與結使相違，若能如此即與彼經相應。

Answer: If, as in that sūtra, only those without fetters first attain rebirth, then only the Buddha alone could attain rebirth, and none of the rest could, because even bodhisattvas in the final stage of the tenth bhūmi still possess two kinds of ignorance. Now, to explain the sūtra's words 'thoughts of ordinary beings': if one does not generate bodhicitta and seek to escape the three realms to become a buddha, but merely recites the Buddha's name seeking birth in the West to preserve only oneself, avoiding suffering and chasing pleasure, these are the thoughts of ordinary beings, and one also cannot attain rebirth. Therefore, in the Infinite Life Sūtra, the people born in the three grades must all generate bodhicitta. As for 'thoughts not mixed with the fetters': one must solely, with single-minded continuity, contemplate the marks and signs of the Buddha. If one recites the Buddha's name with the mouth while the mind is tied to the five desires, these are thoughts mixed with the fetters. Mindfulness of the Buddha is a pure mind, which is contrary to the fetters; if one can be like this, one accords with that sūtra.