樂邦文類 3.75

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《維摩經》曰「欲得淨土，當淨其心。隨其心淨，則佛土淨。舍利弗作念言：『我世尊意豈不淨，而是佛土不淨若此？』時螺髻梵王言：『我見釋迦佛土，清淨如自在天宮。』舍利弗言：『我見此土穢惡充滿。』王言：『仁者心有高下，不依佛慧故見不淨。』佛即以足指案地，時大千界珍寶嚴飾。佛言：『我土常淨若此，為度下劣故示眾惡。譬如諸天共寶器食，隨其福德飯色有異。若人心淨，便見此土莊嚴。』」天台《維摩疏》釋曰「梵王所見，以自在天為類者，欲界天也，類同居淨土莊嚴殊妙。西方淨土亦同居淨，彼經亦舉第六天為類。梵王所睹，穢國即淨。身子於生死涅槃、垢淨有隔，不依佛慧故但見垢。寶器譬寂光，飯異譬三土。依於寂光，所見不同也。」

The Vimalakīrtinirdeśa-sūtra says: 'If one wishes to attain a pure land, one should purify one's mind. In accordance with the purity of one's mind, the buddha-land is purified.' Śāriputra had this thought: 'Could it be that my World-Honoured One's mind was impure, such that this buddha-land is impure like this?' At that time, Brahmā Sikhin said: 'I see Śākyamuni's buddha-land as pure as the palace of the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heaven.' Śāriputra said: 'I see this land filled with filth and evil.' The king said: 'Worthy sir, your mind has high and low; because you do not rely on the Buddha's wisdom, you see it as impure.' The Buddha then pressed the earth with his toe, and at that moment the great-thousandfold world became adorned with precious jewels. The Buddha said: 'My land is always pure like this; yet in order to deliver those who are base and inferior, I display manifold evils. It is like the gods sharing a single jewelled vessel to eat: according to their merits, the colour of the rice differs. If a person's mind is pure, they will immediately see the adornments of this land.' The Tiantai Commentary on the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa explains: 'That which the Brahmā king saw was likened to the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heaven, which is a heaven of the desire realm; it is compared to the extraordinary and wondrous adornments of the Land where Commoners and Sages Cohabit. The Western Pure Land is also a land where commoners and sages cohabit, and that sūtra likewise adduces the sixth heaven as a comparison. What the Brahmā king witnessed was that the defiled realm is itself pure. Śāriputra had a separation between saṃsāra and nirvāṇa, defilement and purity; because he did not rely on the Buddha's wisdom, he only saw defilement. The precious vessel is an analogy for [the Land of Eternally] Quiescent Light; the different colours of the rice are an analogy for the [other] three lands. Relying on Quiescent Light, that which is seen is not the same.'