念佛三昧寶王論 2.4

2.4

I reply: The Daśabhūmika-vibhāṣā, as well as the Commentary on the Avataṃsaka Sūtra composed by Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna, states in the "Chapter on Easy Practice": 'The bodhisattva path has difficult practices, like riding a boat on dry land; and it has easy practices, like riding a boat on the water.' By the power of Amitābha Buddha's primal vow, if someone hears his name and recites it, they will naturally take refuge in that land, just like a boat reaching water and encountering a favorable wind, traveling a thousand li in a single effort—is this not easy? Thus the royal father and relatives of Śākyamuni Tathāgata, the sixty thousand of the Śākya clan, were all reborn in the land of Sukhāvatī, for the Buddha's affinity with sentient beings of this realm is deep. Focusing exclusively on one object while perfectly penetrating the three times—is this not excellent?"