無量壽經義記卷下 1.31

1.31

第二子句明者。無勸修也。從有無同然憂思適等訖莫能知者。所以明有無者。明眾生為惑所纏不識有為無常。但只知有田憂田有宅憂宅下悉如此。從初乃至與痛其居者。明已有田憂之也。從貧窮下劣困乏常無已下明無有田宅亦憂欲有之也。

The second sub-clause explains non-encouragement of cultivation. It runs from 'Having and not having are the same, their worries and thoughts are identical' down to 'none is able to know.' The reason 'having and not having' is explained is to show that sentient beings are entangled by delusions and do not recognize conditioned things as impermanent; they only know that if they have fields, they worry about fields, and if they have houses, they worry about houses, and so on below. From the beginning down to 'and suffer along with their dwellings' explains worrying about what one already possesses. From 'the impoverished, base, and destitute, who constantly have nothing' below explains that not having fields and houses, one also worries, desiring to have them.