遊心安樂道 1.44

1.44

即此經者，與《彌勒所問》同本異譯。所言非諸凡愚、不善丈夫具煩惱之者所能發者，凡謂無性一闡提者；愚謂趣寂二乘種性；誹謗正法，造五逆等，名不善士具煩惱者。除此餘人成一心，得生彼國，必有是處。是故應知《彌勒所說》十念非凡夫念等者，非但地上所修十念。若不爾者，地前菩薩何無慈悲，豈不往耶？若《觀經》中修十六觀當生彼國，廣如彼說九品之行，次門當述。

This sūtra is a different translation of the same original as the Maitreyaparipṛcchā. When it says they cannot be generated by "foolish worldlings, unwholesome men endowed with afflictions": "worldlings" refers to icchantikas devoid of [Buddha-]nature; "foolish" refers to those of the two-vehicle nature inclined toward quiescence; and those who slander the true Dharma, commit the five heinous crimes, and so forth are called "unwholesome men endowed with afflictions." Excluding these, if other people accomplish one single mind and attain rebirth in that land, it is certainly possible. Therefore, one should know that when Maitreya's discourse says the ten recitations are not the mindfulness of worldly people, it does not mean they are the ten recitations cultivated only on the bhūmis. If that were not so, how could bodhisattvas prior to the bhūmis lack loving-kindness and compassion, and how could they fail to be reborn there? As for cultivating the sixteen contemplations in the Contemplation Sūtra to be reborn in that land, it is extensively as explained there regarding the practices of the nine grades, which will be expounded in the next section.