妙法蓮華經玄義 10.8

10.8

又本門中，菩薩請佛說於佛法，豈比菩薩請菩薩說菩薩法耶？若就此意，有加於彼。若彼列眾，十方雲集，皆是盧舍那佛宿世知識；此經雲集，地涌菩薩皆從釋尊發心，是我所化，此一往則齊而不無疎密。又彼明十方佛說《華嚴》被加者，同名法慧、金剛藏等，不言彼佛是舍那分身；今明三變土田，一方各四百萬億那由他土，滿中諸佛，悉是釋尊分身，此意異彼。

Furthermore, in the section on the original source, bodhisattvas requested the Buddha to speak the Buddha's dharma; how can this be compared to bodhisattvas requesting a bodhisattva to speak a bodhisattva's dharma? In this respect, it surpasses the other. In the other assembly, those gathered from the ten directions like clouds were all good friends of Vairocana Buddha from past lifetimes. In the assembly gathered like clouds in this sūtra, the bodhisattvas welling up from the earth all aroused their aspiration through Śākyamuni and are those whom I have converted; while generally these are equal, there is nonetheless a difference in closeness and distance. Furthermore, the other sūtra explains that when the buddhas of the ten directions preached the Avataṃsaka-sūtra and imparted empowerments, all were identically named Dharmamati, Vajragarbha, and so forth, without saying that those buddhas were divided bodies of Vairocana. Here, it explains the threefold transformation of the lands, where in each direction there are four hundred myriads of koṭis of nayutas of lands filled with buddhas, all of whom are divided bodies of Śākyamuni; this meaning is distinct from the other.