仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 3.142

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問：舊經所散云行等花，此中乃云寶蓮花等，為是水陸諸時花否？答：如《大般若》第八十四〈散花品〉說：爾時天帝釋及此三千大千世界所有四大王眾天，乃至色究竟天，咸作是念：「尊者善現承佛神力，為一切有情雨大法雨。我等今者宜各化作天諸妙花，奉散釋迦如來及菩薩摩訶薩并苾芻僧。尊者善現亦散所說甚深般若波羅密多而為供養。」時諸天眾作是念已，各化種種微妙香花，奉散如來諸菩薩等。是時於此三千大千佛之世界，花悉充滿。以佛神力，於虛空中合成花臺，莊嚴殊妙遍覆三千大千世界。善現覩已作是念言：「今所散花，於諸天處未曾見有。是花殊妙，定非草木水陸所生，應是諸天為供養故從心化出。」時天帝釋知善現心，謂善現言：「此所散花實非草木水陸所生，亦不從心實能化出，但變現耳。」具壽善現語帝釋言：「是花不生，則非花也。」帝釋問言：「為但是花不生、為餘法亦爾？」善現答言：「非但是花不生，諸餘法亦爾。遍蘊處界、四諦、十二緣、六度、四攝諸功德法悉皆不生，並同花也。」此前所散若人若天，般若理同，准舊經中義同彼矣。從此第三雨花供養。

Question: In the older sūtra, the scattered [flowers] were called 'flowers of practice' and so forth, but here they are called 'jewelled lotus flowers' and so forth. Are these seasonal flowers of the water and land, or not? Answer: As stated in Chapter 84, 'Scattering Flowers', of the *Mahāprajñāpāramitā-sūtra*: At that time, Śakra, Lord of the Devas, and all the gods of the Four Great Kings' realm up to the Akaniṣṭha Heaven in this trichiliocosm all had this thought: 'The Venerable Subhūti, relying on the Buddha's spiritual power, is raining the great rain of the Dharma for all sentient beings. We should now each magically create wondrous celestial flowers to offer and scatter over Śākyamuni Tathāgata, the bodhisattva-mahāsattvas, and the saṅgha of bhikṣus. The Venerable Subhūti also scatters the profound prajñāpāramitā that he preaches as an offering.' When the heavenly hosts had formed this thought, each magically created various subtle and fragrant flowers to offer and scatter over the Tathāgata and the bodhisattvas. At that time, in this buddha-world of the trichiliocosm, the flowers were completely filled. By the Buddha's spiritual power, they joined in the empty space to form a floral terrace, magnificently adorned and wondrous, pervading and covering the trichiliocosm. Subhūti, having seen this, had this thought: 'The flowers now scattered have never been seen in the heavenly abodes. These flowers are wondrous and certainly not grown from plants, trees, water, or land; they must be magically produced from the minds of the devas for the sake of making offerings.' At that time, Śakra, knowing Subhūti's thought, said to Subhūti: 'These scattered flowers are truly not grown from plants, trees, water, or land, nor are they truly capable of being magically produced from the mind; they are merely transformed manifestations.' The Venerable Subhūti said to Śakra: 'If these flowers are unarisen, then they are not flowers.' Śakra asked: 'Is it only that these flowers are unarisen, or is it so for the remaining phenomena as well?' Subhūti answered: 'Not only are these flowers unarisen; all other phenomena are also like this. The skandhas, āyatanas, and dhātus, the four truths, the twelve links of dependent origination, the six pāramitās, the four means of embracing, and all wholesome phenomena throughout are all completely unarisen; they are all identical to the flowers.' Whether scattered earlier by humans or celestials, the principle of prajñā is identical; by the standards of the older sūtra, the meaning is identical to that. Next is the third [part]: raining down flowers as an offering.