淨土論 2.31

2.31

第八如《往生經》云「普廣菩薩摩訶薩又白佛言：『世尊！十方佛剎淨妙國土有差別不？』佛言：『普廣！無差別也。』普廣又言：『世尊！何故經中讚歎阿彌陀剎，七寶諸樹、宮殿樓閣，故願生者皆悉隨彼心中所欲應念而至？』佛告普廣菩薩摩訶薩：『汝不解我意。娑婆世界人多貪濁，信向者小、習邪者多，不信正法、不能專心、亂無志意。十方世界實無差別，令諸眾生專心有在，是故讚嘆彼國土耳。諸往生者，悉隨彼願，無不獲果。』」釋曰：依此經，一向專想西方即往生也。

Eighth, as the Wangsheng jing says: 'The Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Samantaprabha further addressed the Buddha, saying: "World-Honoured One, are there differences among the pure and wonderful lands of the buddha-realms of the ten directions?" The Buddha said: "Samantaprabha, there are no differences." Samantaprabha further said: "World-Honoured One, why is it that in the sūtras the realm of Amitābha is praised, with its trees of the seven treasures, palaces, and multistoried pavilions, so that all who vow to be born there find that whatever their minds desire arrives according to thought?" The Buddha told the Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Samantaprabha: "You do not understand my intention. The people of the Sahā world are largely greedy and defiled; those who have faith and inclination are few, while those who practice the heterodox are many; they do not believe in the correct Dharma, are unable to focus their minds, and are distracted without fixed purpose. The worlds of the ten directions are truly without difference, but in order to cause all sentient beings to have a place on which to focus their minds, that land is praised. All who attain rebirth do so entirely according to their vows, none failing to obtain the fruit."' Explanation: According to this sūtra, by single-mindedly focusing one's thought on the west, one attains rebirth in the Pure Land.