往生集 2.94

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The appraisal says: The *Avataṃsaka Synthesis* (*Huayan Helun*) states that bodhisattvas who seek rebirth in the Pure Land have not yet reached the Great Way of the Ekayāna. Why then did this elder, having grasped the import of the *Avataṃsaka*, seek rebirth in the Pure Land? It is because the *Synthesis* was breaking the grasping views of those ordinary beings who cling to marks, namely those who have attained the Pure Land of phenomena but not the Pure Land of principle. This elder had a complete and unimpeded understanding of both phenomena and principle; the Flower Treasury and the Lotus Pond are one and not two. His seeking rebirth precisely like this leaves no room for doubt. Those who discuss the Pure Land should take the *Avataṃsaka*'s Chapter on Conduct and Vows as primary, and consult the *Synthesis* alongside it.