遊心安樂道 1.63

1.63

If relying on the Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra, it speaks generally of three grades. As that sūtra says: "The Buddha told Ānanda: 'Sentient beings who are reborn in that land all abide in the samyaktva-niyata-rāśi. Why is this? In that Buddha-land there are no groups of the wrongly determined or the undetermined. The Buddhas and Tathāgatas of the ten directions, as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, all together praise the inconceivable majesty and virtue of the Buddha of Immeasurable Life. All sentient beings who hear his name, with faith and joy, even down to a single thought of sincere dedication aspiring to be reborn in that land, will immediately attain rebirth. They will dwell in non-retrogression, with the sole exception of those who commit the five heinous crimes or slander the correct Dharma.'"