樂邦文類 4.106

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佛說極樂淨土，普勸娑婆群生，應當發願生彼國土。然學頓者，拂之為權說。不通理性者，泥之於事相。吾甞學唯識，唯遮外境、識表自心，心外無境，境全是心。心法遍周，淨土豈離乎當念？生佛同體，彌陀全是於自心。總攝有情，誠無凡聖之異；融通法界，寧有遠近之區？《首楞嚴經》「心存佛國，聖境冥現。」唯闡提無信根者，則十萬億佛土，遠隔他方之外矣。天衣懷禪師，一生迴向淨土。問學者曰：若言捨穢取淨、厭此忻彼，則取捨之情，乃是眾生妄想。若言無淨土，則違佛語。夫修淨土者，當如何修？復自答曰：生則決定生，去則實不去。若明此旨，則唯心淨土，昭然無疑。論云：智習唯識通，如是取淨土。願諸同志，決定求生。政和三年癸巳，比丘（守訥）敘。

The Buddha spoke of the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, universally exhorting all beings of the Sahā world that they should make the vow to be born in that land. However, those who study the sudden [teachings] brush it aside as an expedient teaching. Those who do not comprehend principle become bogged down in phenomenal appearances. I once studied Consciousness-Only: 'only' excludes external objects, while 'consciousness' reveals one's own mind; outside of mind there are no objects, and objects are entirely the mind. The mental dharmas are all-pervading; how could the Pure Land depart from the present thought? Beings and buddhas are of the same substance; Amitābha is entirely one's own mind. Subsuming all sentient beings, truly there is no difference between commoners and sages; harmoniously penetrating the dharmadhātu, how could there be divisions of far and near? The Śūraṅgama Sūtra states: 'When the mind resides in the buddha-country, the sacred realm invisibly appears.' Only for icchantikas who lack the faculty of faith are the hundred thousand koṭis of buddha-lands far separated beyond other quarters. Chan Master Tianyi Huai dedicated himself throughout his life toward the Pure Land. He asked students: 'If one speaks of rejecting defilement and adopting purity, loathing this and desiring that, then the sentiments of adopting and rejecting are the deluded thoughts of sentient beings. If one says there is no Pure Land, then one contradicts the Buddha's words. How then should one who cultivates the Pure Land practice?' He again answered himself: 'To be born is definitely to be born; to go is truly not to go.' If one clarifies this purport, then the mind-only Pure Land is brightly clear without doubt. The treatise says: 'When wisdom practices Consciousness-Only and penetrates it, one thus obtains the Pure Land.' May all like-minded comrades resolve to seek rebirth. Written by the bhikṣu Shounu in the third year of Zhenghe, guisi.