"Our teacher said: Fascicle three of the Lotus Sutra reads, 'It is as though they came from a land where hunger prevails and at once encountered a great king's feast.' Chuan (fascicle) six reads, 'This my land is secure and at peace, constantly filled with gods and humans....My pure land is indestructible.' The intent of these passages from both chapters is that the pre-Lotus Sutra teachings are like a land where one must journey through rubble. To mistakenly think that such a place is one's own country or the capital city comes about because of delusion. Because the beings had all dwelt in such a country for forty-two years, they thought it was their original land. Our true country is the Lotus Sutra. Thus the chapter on 'Belief and Understanding' states, 'By chance he returned to his own country.' The place where one has received the seed of Buddhahood in the remotest past is variously called one's own country, the Pure Land, or the great king's feast. The mind-ground that receives the seed of Buddhahood is precisely the 'country' of accepting, holding, believing and understanding."This is the 'country' of accepting, holding, believing and understanding.
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