略諸經論念佛法門往生淨土集卷上 1.14

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[When the bodhisattva attains] Buddhahood, sentient beings who possess unimpeded skillful means in all dharmas come to be born in his land. The thirty-seven bodhipakṣadharmas are the bodhisattva's Pure Land; when the bodhisattva attains Buddhahood, sentient beings [endowed with] the foundations of mindfulness, correct exertions, bases of spiritual power, faculties, powers, and factors of awakening come to be born in his land. The mind of pariṇāmanā is the bodhisattva's Pure Land; when the bodhisattva attains Buddhahood, he attains a land complete with all merits. Up to: the ten paths of wholesome action are the bodhisattva's Pure Land; when the bodhisattva attains Buddhahood, sentient beings whose lives are not cut short prematurely, who possess great wealth and pure conduct, whose words are true and sincere, who constantly use gentle speech, whose kin are not separated, who are skilled in reconciling disputes, whose words are always beneficial, who are free from jealousy and anger, and who have right view, come to be born in his land. The Avataṃsaka Sūtra, fascicle thirteen, states: 'At that time, Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva asked Jñānaprabha Bodhisattva, saying: "Son of the Buddha, in the Buddha-dharma, wisdom is foremost. Why does the Tathāgata at times praise giving for sentient beings, or praise upholding precepts, or praise forbearance, or praise vigor, or praise dhyāna, or praise wisdom, or again praise loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity, yet never state that by a single dharma alone one can attain renunciation and achieve anuttarāsamyaksaṃbodhi?" At that time, Jñānaprabha Bodhisattva answered in verse, saying: