The Co-Existence of the Mundane Beings and Sages
049 同時存在的凡聖
中文原著：隆門圓通法師
英文翻譯：張惠平
Written by Master Shih Longmen Yuantong
Translated by Huei Ping Chang
極樂世界有四種淨土：
（一）凡聖同居土、
（二）方便有餘土、
（三）實報莊嚴土、
（四）常寂光淨土。
一般人投生，大部份是在淨與穢同時存在的凡聖同居土。穢即娑婆世界，淨乃西方極樂世界，配屬變化土。
極樂世界是七寶所成、黃金為地、寶樹莊嚴，想要什麼就有什麼，無有痛苦、亦無污染，一切極為莊嚴美妙。
反觀我此國土，三界火宅充滿污濁穢惡，世間極苦、天氣熱時則越來越熱、冷時越來越冷、空氣污染、環保問題無窮。
嚴格而言，往生此凡聖同居土者，本身仍非常執著，尚未契入自性實相。
方便有餘土，則是七方便人所居住，即七地菩薩以上才能往生之地，然塵識未盡，故稱為有餘土。配屬於平等性智，又云變易土。
大圓鏡智所成報土，乃屬於內心之世界，此處云為實報莊嚴土，純屬菩薩所居住，以行中道實法故，感得此勝報。即以人心境為喻，能了解中道、實法而將之實踐者，所得之報土，叫做實報莊嚴土。
常寂光淨土是法性土，唯佛所居，乃自性身所依，身土無別，總一切智所成，唯佛與佛乃能知之。
註：常者，法身也；
寂者，解脫也；
光者，般若也。
資料來源：心靈甘露(二)，隆門圓通法師著。
The Co-Existence of the Mundane Beings and Sages
There are four kinds of pure lands in the Paradise: (1) the land with both mundane beings and sages, (2) the land of convenience and remainder, (3) the land of true retribution and magnificence, and (4) the land of constancy, silence, and radiance.
Most ordinary people are reborn into the first one, where purity and dirt co-exist. Dirt stands for the Saha World, while purity stands for the Paradise. Both belong to the transformational lands.
The Paradise is made with Seven Jewels. The ground is paved with gold, and the treasure trees are magnificent. There, you can have whatever you want, and there are neither pains nor contaminations. Everything is magnificent and wondrous.
On the contrary, the land we are in has Three Realms that are like a burning house, are filled with contaminations and dirt, and are extremely painful. When it is hot, it will be hotter; when it is cold, it will be colder. There are numerous problems of air-pollution and environmental protection.
Strictly speaking, those who are reincarnated into this land with both mundane beings and sages are still very adherent and have not entered the Self-Nature Real Form yet.
The second one, the land of convenience and remainder, is where the beings of the seventh expedient position reside, i.e., only the Bodhisattvas that rank seventh or higher can be reincarnated into. But their mundane consciousness still remains, so it is called the land of (convenience and) remainder. It belongs to the Equal Nature Wisdom and is also called transformational land.
The retribution land accomplished by the Great Perfect Mirror Wisdom belongs to the realm within one’s heart and is also called the land of true retribution and magnificence where only Bodhisattvas can reside. Those who practice the Middle Way and real dharma can attain such a magnificent retribution. Take the human mind for example. If one’s mind can know the Middle Way and fulfill the real dharma, then what he gains is called the land of true retribution and magnificence.
The land of constancy, silence, and radiance is a dharma nature land where only Buddhas reside. The body of self-nature relies on this land and there is no difference between the body and the land here. Achievements made by all kinds of wisdom are accumulated here and only Buddhas can know them.
P.S.: The word “constancy” here refers to the dharmakaya (the dharma body); “silence” refers to liberation; “radiance” refers to prajna (wisdom).
Source: Sweet Dew for the Soul (Vol.II), Written by Master Shih Longmen Yuantong.