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極樂國土。實無女人。女既得生。悉具大丈夫相。今人繪九品圖。而作女相者非也。殆存其本因。以彰雜類之同生耳。清淨界中。覓男相尚不可得。況女相乎。雖然女更有三病焉。孝翁姑不如其父母一也。御婢僕不如其子孫二也。知布施而不知息其貪心。知慕男身。而不知革其女習。知奔走寺宇恭事沙門。而不知反求諸己三也。明於此三未出娑婆。而居然比丘矣。夫何慮不生淨土。

In the Sukhāvatī realm, there are actually no women. Once women attain rebirth there, they all possess the form of a great man (mahāpuruṣa). Nowadays, those who paint diagrams of the nine grades and depict female forms are mistaken. This is merely preserving their original cause in order to illustrate that diverse types are reborn together. In the pure realm, even a male form cannot be found, much less a female form! Even so, women have three further afflictions: first, they are not as filial to their parents-in-law as to their own parents; second, they are not as gentle in managing servants as in caring for their children and grandchildren; third, they know how to practice giving but do not know how to extinguish greed; they know how to admire a male body, but do not know how to reform their female habits; and they know how to hurry to monasteries to serve śramaṇas reverently, but do not know how to seek within themselves. If one is clear about these three, then before leaving the Sahā world, one is already virtually a monk. Why worry about not being reborn in the Pure Land?