仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 1.137

1.137

解曰：復有變現十方淨土者，變謂改轉，隱穢示淨。土體本有，故得變名。現謂化現，無而忽有。華坐本無，故稱化現。能變之人唯佛菩薩，所變之土淨妙四塵，廣博莊嚴遍十方故。即是《瑜伽》三十七說：示現轉變，所作自在，能施安樂，四種變也。而現百億者，此方常數十十而增，十万為億此有百億，即是西方百洛叉矣。師子之座者，佛坐說法名師子座也。從此第二現能說法。其義者何？

The commentary explains: As for "There was also the transformation and manifestation of the pure lands of the ten directions", "transformation" means altering and changing, concealing the defiled and showing the pure. Because the substance of the land originally exists, it receives the name "transformation". "Manifestation" means transformational appearance, suddenly existing where there was none. Because the flower seats did not originally exist, they are called "transformationally manifested". The persons capable of transforming are only buddhas and bodhisattvas; the lands transformed consist of the pure and sublime four sense data, extensively adorned and pervading the ten directions. This is precisely what is spoken of in chapter thirty-seven of the *Yogācāra*: the four kinds of transformation, namely manifestation, alteration, mastery of action, and bestowing peace and happiness. As for "and the manifestation of ten billion", in the conventional counting of this land, numbers increase tenfold by tenfold; ten times ten-thousand is a hundred-thousand (*yi*), and here there are ten billion, which corresponds to one hundred *lakṣas* in the Western land. As for "lion thrones", a seat upon which a buddha sits to preach the Dharma is called a lion throne. From here, the second part manifests the ability to preach the Dharma. What is its meaning?