法華玄義釋籤 15.12

15.12

次國土妙中分文如前，迹不同中又二：初約他經，次約今經迹門。初文中四土不同中云「或言西方有土名無勝」者，《涅槃》云：「西方過三十六恒沙，有土名無勝。」又云：「十方世界各有釋迦淨土。」《首楞嚴》中復云：「釋尊有淨土名一燈明，是釋迦本土。」此亦迹中之說。言「常寂光土」者，又二：先標，次釋。如本門中地湧菩薩下方空中住，從地出已，亦詣虛空七寶妙塔，彼此虛空俱表寂光。「寂光理通如鏡如器」等者，譬如諸天共寶器食，如《止觀》第三記。「三變土田或見同居淨」乃至「方便有餘」者，三變之淨若據土相似同居淨，據移天人置於他土純諸寶樹寶獅子座，唯有諸佛及諸菩薩，則似方便有餘，故著「或」言，準文又應亦似實報無障礙土。

Next, in the wonder of lands, the textual division is as before. Within the differences in the traces, there are also two parts: first, based on other sūtras; second, based on the trace section of the present sūtra. In the first text, among the differences of the four lands, where it says: 'Or stating that in the west there is a land named Unconquered,' the Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: 'Past thirty-six Ganges sands to the west, there is a land named Unconquered.' It also says: 'The worlds of the ten directions each have Śākyamuni's pure land.' In the Śūraṅgama it also says: 'The World-Honoured Śākyamuni has a pure land named One Lamp-Light, which is Śākyamuni's original land.' This is also a statement within the traces. As for the 'land of eternal quiescent light,' there are also two: first, indicating it; second, explaining it. Just as in the origin section, the bodhisattvas who welled forth from the earth abide in the empty space below; having emerged from the earth, they also ascend to the wondrous seven-jeweled stūpa in empty space. Empty space in both places signifies quiescent light. Regarding 'The principle of quiescent light is all-pervading, like a mirror or a vessel,' and so on, it is like the deities sharing food from a jeweled vessel, as noted in the third fascicle of the Zhiguan. From 'The threefold transformation of the land may be seen as the purity of common abode' down to 'expediency with remainder,' if the purity of the threefold transformation is considered according to the land, it resembles the pure common abode; if considered according to moving humans and deities to other lands and having purely jeweled trees and jeweled lion thrones with only Buddhas and bodhisattvas, then it resembles expediency with remainder, which is why the word 'or' is inserted. According to the text, it should also resemble the realm of true reward without obstruction.