遊心安樂道 1.7

1.7

總而言之，初地以上，悲願自在無所不生，更何須勸？十解以去，種姓決定，復無悲退，亦非正為；十信以前及諸凡夫，發心未固，昇降隨緣，厭穢欣淨，故佛勸攝。西方長壽，一生修行登地；娑婆短命，多劫劬勞猶退。故《華嚴》曰：「如此娑婆世界一劫，於西方安樂世界為一日一夜。如是乃至百萬阿僧祇世界，最後世界一劫，於勝蓮華世界賢首如來剎為一日一夜。」教起意致，略述如此。

In summary, those from the first bhūmi upward have mastery over compassionate vows and are born everywhere—what further need is there to exhort them? From the ten abodes of understanding onward, their spiritual lineage is determined, and they have no retrogression of compassion, so neither are they the primary target. Those prior to the ten faiths and ordinary beings whose aspiration is not yet firm rise and fall according to conditions, reviling the defiled and rejoicing in the pure; therefore the Buddha exhorted and gathered them. In the West life is long, and in one lifetime of practice one ascends to the bhūmis; in Sahā life is short, and after toiling for many kalpas one still retrogresses. Hence the Avataṃsaka says: "One kalpa in this Sahā world is one day and one night in the Western world of Sukhāvatī. In this manner, up to a million asaṃkhyeya worlds, one kalpa in the final world is one day and one night in the realm of the Tathāgata Bhadraśrī in the world of Utpalā." The intent behind the arising of the teaching is briefly explained like this.