妙法蓮華經文句 8.54

8.54

此品有長行、偈頌。長行有三：一、明多寶涌現，二、明分身遠集，三、明釋迦唱募。初文有六：一、塔現之相，二、諸天供養，三、多寶稱歎，四、時眾驚疑，五、大樂說問，六、如來答。「七寶為塔」者，明法身之地以性得七覺七聖財寶，塔者實相之境，法身所依處也。「高五百由旬」者是二萬里，豎明因中萬行、果中萬德也。「廣二百五十由旬」即是一萬里，橫用萬善莊嚴也。「地」者，無明心地也，以無所破，破於無明；以無所住，住第一義空。「種種寶物」者，眾多定慧而莊校也。「欄楯」是總持也。「龕室千萬」者，無量慈悲之室，亦是無量空舍。「幢幡」是神通勝相也。「垂寶纓絡」者，四十地功德，上莊嚴法身，下被眾生也。「寶鈴萬億」者，八音四辯也。「四面出香」者，四諦道風吹四德香也。「高至四天王宮」者，窮四諦理也。

This chapter has prose and gāthās. The prose has three parts: first, explaining Prabhūtaratna's welling up and appearing; second, explaining the emanated bodies gathering from afar; third, explaining Śākyamuni's summoning and exhorting. The first text has six parts: first, the features of the stūpa's appearance; second, the offerings of the devas; third, Prabhūtaratna's praise; fourth, the assembly's astonishment and doubt; fifth, Great Eloquence's question; sixth, the Tathāgata's answer. 'A stūpa of seven treasures' explains that the ground of the Dharma body is inherently endowed with the treasures of the seven factors of awakening and the seven noble riches. The stūpa is the realm of the real mark, the place upon which the Dharma body relies. 'Five hundred yojanas in height' is twenty thousand li, vertically expressing the myriad practices in the causal stage and the myriad virtues in the fruition stage. 'Two hundred and fifty yojanas in breadth' is ten thousand li, horizontally adorned with the myriad goods. 'Ground' refers to the mind-ground of ignorance; through having nothing to destroy, it destroys ignorance; through having nowhere to abide, it abides in the supreme truth of emptiness. 'Various kinds of treasures' are the adornments of numerous samādhis and wisdoms. 'Balustrades' are dhāraṇīs. 'Tens of millions of niches and chambers' are the chambers of immeasurable loving-kindness and compassion, and also immeasurable empty dwellings. 'Banners and pennants' are the supreme marks of divine transformations. 'Suspended jeweled necklaces' are the virtues of the forty stages, adorning the Dharma body above and gracing sentient beings below. 'Hundreds of billions of jeweled bells' are the eight voices and four unobstructed eloquence abilities. 'Fragrance wafting from all four sides' is the wind of the Way of the Four Truths blowing the fragrance of the four virtues. 'Reaching high up to the palace of the Four Heavenly Kings' is plumbing the principle of the Four Truths.