西方合論 10.14

10.14

七、婦女有無者，《聲王經》中阿彌陀佛，亦有父母，何得言無女人？釋此亦化作，如化鸚鵡。《海東疏》曰：「《聲王經》說安樂世界阿彌陀佛有父母者，是變化女非寔報女；又復雖有父母，而非胎生，實是化生，假為父母。如彼經言：『若四眾能正受佛之名號，以此功德臨命終時，阿彌陀佛即與大眾，住此人所令其得見；見已慶悅倍增功德，以是因緣所生之處，永離胞胎穢欲之形，純處鮮妙寶蓮花中，自然化生，具大神通光明赫奕。』當知父母假寄之耳。」或說《聲王經》中說有父母，是顯彼佛所住穢土。是義不然。何故？彼經既說寶蓮化生，又言二菩薩侍立左右，此等悉是淨土相，不異《觀經》所說故。當知彼經所說，提婆達多及魔王等，悉于淨土變化所作，不由此等為非淨土，如化畜生非穢土故。

Seventh, regarding the presence or absence of women: In the Shengwang jing, Amitābha Buddha also has parents; how can it be said that there are no women? Explanation: These are also illusory transformations, just like the transformed parrots. The Haidong commentary says: "When the Shengwang jing says that Amitābha Buddha in the realm of peace and bliss has parents, these are transformed women, not actual retributive women. Furthermore, although he has parents, he is not born from a womb; in truth, he is spontaneously transformed, taking them provisionally as parents. As that sūtra says: 'If any among the fourfold assembly can correctly receive and uphold the Buddha's name, through this merit, when approaching the end of life, Amitābha Buddha together with the great assembly will abide where this person is and enable them to see him. Having seen him, their joy will multiply their merit, and through this causal condition, the place where they are born will be forever freed from the foul and lustful forms of the womb, abiding purely within fresh and exquisite jeweled lotus blossoms, spontaneously born by transformation, endowed with great supernatural powers and radiant brilliance.' One should know that parents are merely a provisional lodging." Some say that the mention of parents in the Shengwang jing is meant to reveal the defiled land in which that Buddha dwells. This interpretation is incorrect. Why is that? Since that sūtra speaks of miraculous birth from jeweled lotuses, and also states that two bodhisattvas stand in attendance on the left and right, all of these are marks of a pure land, no different from what is taught in the Guan jing. One should know that what is taught in that sūtra concerning Devadatta, the demon king, and the like, are all produced through transformations in the pure land; because of these, it does not become an impure land, just as transformed animals do not make it a defiled land.