妙法蓮華經玄義 4.57

4.57

弗婆提有，用日光三昧破者，日朝出於東，隨便為名耳。日譬智光，能照除迷惑，東天下人有惡業闇、見思闇、塵沙闇、無明闇。菩薩為照此諸闇故，修前戒光，破惡業闇；修禪定流光，伏見思闇；修一切智光，破見思闇；修道種智光，破塵沙闇；修一切種智光，破無明闇。破見思闇故，一切智日光三昧成；破塵沙闇故，道種智日光三昧成；無明闇破故，一切種智日光三昧成。以本行慈悲誓願，冥熏法界。彼弗婆提若有機緣，關於慈悲，王三昧力，不動法性而往應之，示身說法。若有事善機，以持戒慈悲應之，令免惡業闇；有入空機，以生無生慈悲應之，令免見思闇；有入假機，以無量慈悲應之，令免無知闇；有入中機，以無作慈悲應之，令免無明闇。自既破闇，亦令他破闇，故稱日光三昧也。

The realm of existence in Pūrvavideha is destroyed by using the sunlight samādhi. The sun rises in the east in the morning, so the name is given merely for convenience. The sun is a metaphor for the light of wisdom, which can illuminate and eliminate delusion. The people of the eastern continent have the darkness of evil karma, the darkness of views and thoughts, the darkness of sands of dust, and the darkness of ignorance. To illuminate all these darknesses, the bodhisattva cultivates the aforementioned light of precepts to destroy the darkness of evil karma; cultivates the flowing light of dhyāna concentration to subdue the darkness of views and thoughts; cultivates the light of the wisdom of all modes to destroy the darkness of views and thoughts; cultivates the light of the wisdom of the paths to destroy the darkness of sands of dust; and cultivates the light of the wisdom of all aspects to destroy the darkness of ignorance. Because the darkness of views and thoughts is destroyed, the sunlight samādhi of the wisdom of all modes is consummated; because the darkness of sands of dust is destroyed, the sunlight samādhi of the wisdom of the paths is consummated; and because the darkness of ignorance is destroyed, the sunlight samādhi of the wisdom of all aspects is consummated. Through the compassionate vows of their fundamental practice, they subtly perfume the dharma realm. If in Pūrvavideha there are spiritual capacities and conditions that engage their loving-kindness and compassion, by the power of the king samādhi they go to respond without stirring from the dharma-nature, manifesting bodies and preaching the Dharma. If there is a capacity for phenomenal goodness, they respond through the loving-kindness and compassion of holding the precepts, enabling them to escape the darkness of evil karma; if there is a capacity to enter emptiness, they respond through the loving-kindness and compassion of arising and non-arising, enabling them to escape the darkness of views and thoughts; if there is a capacity to enter the provisional, they respond through immeasurable loving-kindness and compassion, enabling them to escape the darkness of unknowing; and if there is a capacity to enter the middle, they respond through uncreated loving-kindness and compassion, enabling them to escape the darkness of ignorance. Since one has destroyed the darkness oneself and also causes others to destroy the darkness, it is called the 'sunlight samādhi.'