無量壽經義記卷下 1.5

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第四子段。從其諸聲聞菩薩訖無極之體。此明純大乘學無三乘差別也。感同一類者。明聲聞菩薩人天。此三大士。智慧高明。同行大乘　萬善同歸。更無異趣故言同類也。形無異狀者。同紫磨金容三十二相。相好齊等長短亦均也。因順餘方故有天人之名者。同修大乘無有三別。因順娑婆故有天人之名。名雖有三同行一乘也。非天非人者。容根端政微妙奇特。非人天方類也。皆受自然虛無之身者。明此身虛妙火外映徹如光如影也。無極之體者。身大無量壽命亦長也。

The fourth subdivision is from "All those śrāvakas and bodhisattvas" through "bodies of the limitless." This explains that there is purely Mahāyāna study, without the distinctions of the three vehicles. "Attaining the same single class": this explains that śrāvakas, bodhisattvas, and gods and humans—these three types of mahāsattvas—are lofty and bright in wisdom, identically practicing the Mahāyāna, with the myriad wholesome deeds returning to the same goal, without any divergent destinies; hence it says "the same class." "Their physical appearances have no divergent features": they identically possess purple-gold complexions and the thirty-two marks, their major marks and minor signs being equal and their heights being uniform. "Names of gods and humans are used in conformity with other regions": identically cultivating the Mahāyāna, they have no three distinct types; because of conforming to the Sahā world, they are given the names of gods and humans. Though the names are three, they identically practice the One Vehicle. "Neither gods nor humans": their features and faculties are upright, subtle, and extraordinary, not of the categories of gods or humans. "All receive bodies of spontaneous emptiness and nothingness": this explains that these bodies are ethereal and subtle, illuminated from inside to outside like light or shadow. "Bodies of the limitless": their bodies are immeasurably large, and their lifespans are also long.