第二疑
[2] [The] Second Doubt
[为何舍此秽土而求彼净土？]
[Why ‘Abandon’ This Defiled Land And Seek That Pure Land?]
问：[1] 诸法体空，本来无生，平等寂灭。何乃舍此求彼，欲生西方？
Question: [1] All dharmas’ [i.e. phenomena of mind and matter] [are] essentially empty, originally [with] non-birth [i.e. unborn; non-arising], equal [with] stillness [and] cessation. Why then, ‘abandon’ this [and] seek that, [by] desiring birth [in the] Western [Pure Land Of Ultimate Bliss (极乐世界)]?
[2] 经云：「心净则佛土净，欲求净土，当先净心。」何乃不求净心，而求净土？
[2] [A] sūtra says, ‘[With the] mind pure, then [is the] Buddha land pure, desiring [to] seek [a] Pure Land, [there] should first [be] purifying [of the] mind.’ Why then, not seek purifying [of the] mind, yet seek Pure Land?
答：[1] 欲生西方者，谓是舍此而求彼。则不欲生西方者，独非舍彼而求此耶？
Answer: [1] [If of] those desiring birth [in the] Western [Pure Land], calling this [to be] abandoning this and seeking that, then [of] those not desiring birth [in the] Western [Pure Land], how can they be not abandoning that and seeking this?
若云彼此两无所求，是执断见矣。若云彼此两无所舍，是执常见矣。
If saying [with] that [and] this, both without those sought, [this] is attachment [to] nihilism’s view. If saying [with] that [and] this, both without those abandoned, [this] is attachment [to] eternalism’s view.
《维摩经》云：「虽知诸佛国，及与众生空，而常修净土，教化诸群生。」故虽炽然往生，不碍无生之理。
[The] Vimalakīrti Sūtra says, ‘Although knowing all Buddha lands, and together with sentient beings [are] empty, yet constantly cultivating [the] Pure Land [path, to] teach [and] transform all living beings.’ Thus, although clearly [with] rebirth [in Pure Land, this does] not obstruct [the] principle of non-birth.
[2] 至于心净佛土净之说，有 [i] 理有 [ii] 事。
[2] As for speaking of ‘[With the] mind pure [is the] Buddha land pure’, [this] has [i] principle [and] has [ii] practice.
[i] 若言乎理，何见求生者之心必非净，而不求生者之心反为净耶？
[i] If speaking of principle, why see [the] minds of those seeking birth [as] definitely not pure, yet [see the] minds of those not seeking birth instead as pure?
[ii] 若言乎事，与其净此心常居五浊恶世，何如净此心以居极乐莲邦耶？况居浊世者之求净而不净，在莲邦者之不求净而自净耶？
[ii] If speaking of practice, with those purifying their minds, constantly dwelling [in these] five defilements’ evil period’s [world], how [is this] better [than] purifying this mind, with dwelling [in the] Ultimate Bliss’ Lotus Land? Moreover, [with] those dwelling [in this] defiled world, then seeking purification, yet not purified, [while] those in [the] Lotus Land not seeking purification, yet naturally purified?
玉峰怀西居士周梦颜安士氏汇辑
[By] Yùfēng’s Layperson Huáixī, Zhōu Mèngyán And Ānshì’s Clan Collected [And] Compiled
《安士全书》：西归直指：卷二：疑问指南
Ānshì’s Complete Book: Western [Pure Land’s] Return’s Direct Pointers: Scroll Two: Doubts’ Guide
Namo Amituofo : Translation and notes by Shen Shi’an
上个疑
Previous Doubt:
第一疑
[1] The First Doubt
为何求生净土？
Why Seek Birth In Pure Land?
https://purelanders.com/2025/11/01/1-the-first-doubt-why-seek-birth-in-pure-land
下个疑
Next Doubt:
第三疑
[3] The Third Doubt
为何偏生一净土？
Why Be Born In One Particular Pure Land?
https://purelanders.com/2025/10/30/3-the-third-doubt-why-be-born-in-one-particular-pure-land
全十疑
All Ten Doubts:
《安士全书》之《十疑论》篇
[44] ‘Ānshì’s Complete Book’s ‘Ten Doubts Treatise’s Section
https://purelanders.com/yilun
相关教理
Related Teachings:
《净土十疑论》:
Treatise On Ten Doubts About Pure Land:
https://purelanders.com/shiyi
第二疑：舍此求彼疑
The Second Doubt: Doubt Renouncing Here And Seeking There
https://thedailyenlightenment.com/2014/03/do-pure-land-aspirants-renounce-here-for-there
