淨土或問 1.16

1.16

問曰：極樂只是同居，本非實報，何謂或生報土見佛真體耶？答曰：爾將謂同居之外別有實報耶？當知三土不離同居，特身境受用遞遞不相同耳。如經云「彌陀佛身高六十萬億那由他恒河沙由旬」等。古師曰「此實報身也。」又霅川曰「極樂國土四土不同，豈但極樂為然？」荊溪云「直觀此土，四土具足，如當時華嚴海會不離逝多林，而諸大聲聞不知不見，即此類也。」

Question: Sukhāvatī is merely [a Land of] Common Residence and is not fundamentally a True Reward [Land]; why is it said that some are born in the reward land and see the Buddha's true body? Answer: Do you suppose that apart from the Land of Common Residence there is a separate True Reward Land? One should know that the [other] three lands are not separate from the Land of Common Residence; it is only that the bodies and the enjoyment of the environment are progressively different. As the sūtra states: “The height of the Buddha Amitābha is sixty trillion nayutas of Ganges sands of yojanas,” and so forth. Ancient masters said: “This is the True Reward Body.” Moreover, Zhachuan said: “The four lands of the realm of Sukhāvatī are not identical; but how could this be so only for Sukhāvatī?” Jingxi said: “Contemplating this land directly, it is complete with the four lands, just as the ocean assembly of the Avataṃsaka at that time was not apart from the Jeta Grove, yet the great śrāvakas neither knew nor saw it—it is of this sort.”