樂邦文類 1.221

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荊溪《法華記》曰「若有女人等者，此中秖云聞是經典如說修行，即淨土因，不須更指《觀經》等也。問：如何修行？答：既云如說修行，依經立行，具如〈分別功德品〉中直觀此土四土具足，故此佛身即三身也，故此大眾即一切眾，以惑未斷故，故安樂行是同居淨土行之氣分也，故不離同居穢見同居淨。問：同居類多，何必極樂？答：教說多故、由物機故、是攝生故、令專注故、宿緣厚故、約多分故。」

Jingxi's Record of the Lotus says: "Regarding 'If there is a woman,' etc.: here it merely says hearing this classic and practicing in accord with what is taught is itself the cause for the Pure Land; there is no need to additionally point to the Contemplation Sutra, etc. Question: How does one practice? Answer: Since it says 'practicing in accord with what is taught,' one establishes practice based on the sutra, fully as in the 'Chapter on the Discrimination of Merits,' directly contemplating that this land is fully endowed with the four lands, so this buddha body is precisely the three bodies, and this great assembly is precisely all beings. Because delusions have not yet been severed, the practice of peaceful and blissful conduct is the demeanor of the practice for the Cohabitation Pure Land; hence, not departing from the Cohabitation Impurity, one sees the Cohabitation Purity. Question: There are many types of Cohabitation [lands]; why must it be Utmost Bliss? Answer: Because the teachings speak of it extensively, because of the capacities of beings, because it gathers sentient beings, because it causes them to focus single-mindedly, because their past affinities are deep, and according to the majority of cases."