淨名經集解關中疏 1.207

1.207

爾時螺髻梵王語舍利弗。勿作是意。謂此佛土以為不淨所以者何。我見釋迦牟尼佛土清淨。譬如自在天宮。此下二明螺髻見淨文三。此初梵王同天見淨。什曰。佛國清淨階差不同。或如四天乃至如六天。或如梵天乃至淨居。或有過淨居。唯補處菩薩生此國也。稱適眾心故現國不同。肇曰。佛土真淨超絕三界。豈直如天宮世淨而已哉。此蓋齊其所見而為言耳。舍利弗在人而見土石。梵王居天而見若天宮。自餘所見亦各不同。佛土殊應義存于此也。

At that time, the Śikhin Brahmā King said to Śāriputra: "Do not have such a thought, considering this Buddha-land to be impure! Why? I see Śākyamuni Buddha's land to be pure, just like the palace of the Īśvara Heaven." Below, the second part explains the Śikhin Brahmā King's seeing the purity, in three sections. Here, first, the Brahmā King sees the purity in the manner of the heavens. Kumārajīva says: "The purity of Buddha-realms has different gradations: some are like the Four Heavenly Kings, up to the six desire heavens; some are like the Brahmā heavens, up to the Śuddhāvāsa; some surpass the Śuddhāvāsa, where only bodhisattvas in their final lifetime are born in that realm. In accordance with sentient beings' minds, he manifests different realms." Sengzhao says: "The true purity of a Buddha-land transcends the three realms; how could it merely be like the mundane purity of a heavenly palace? This was spoken merely according to what he was capable of seeing. Śāriputra, being among humans, sees earth and stones; the Brahmā King, dwelling in the heavens, sees it like a heavenly palace; the sights seen by others also differ. The meaning of the diverse manifestations of the Buddha-land lies in this."