遊心安樂道 1.15

1.15

言正定等者。總說眾生界略有三聚：如《無量壽經》曰：「其有眾生，生彼國者，皆悉住於正定之聚。所以者何？彼佛國中，無諸邪聚及不定聚。」如是三種，其相云何？若總說者，一闡提人為邪定聚；二乘頂位以上，菩薩初發心住以上，判為正定；若已起入，未至其位，為不定聚。決定不退，無斷善根，如是名為正定聚義。

Regarding "samyaktva-niyata" and the rest: Generally speaking, the realm of sentient beings has roughly three groups: As the Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra says: "Those sentient beings who are born in that land all abide in the samyaktva-niyata-rāśi. Why is this? In that Buddha land, there are no mithyātva-niyata-rāśis or aniyata-rāśis." As for these three kinds, what are their characteristics? If speaking generally, icchantikas constitute the mithyātva-niyata-rāśi; those from the summit stage of the two vehicles upward, and bodhisattvas from the abode of the first arousing of the mind upward, are judged as samyaktva-niyata; those who have begun to enter but have not yet reached those stages are the aniyata-rāśi. Decidedly non-retrogressing and without severing the roots of goodness—such is the meaning of the samyaktva-niyata-rāśi.