妙法蓮華經文句 8.55

8.55

從「三十三天」下，第二諸天供養，事解可知，更復約理。三十心為三十，十地為一、等覺為一、妙覺為一，合為三十三，同依實相境也。「雨天曼陀羅」者，初心亦具四十二地功德，後心亦爾，皆以四十地所有因花歸向法身也。「餘諸天龍」下，即是內凡外凡等，亦依實相向果行因也。

From 'the thirty-three heavens' downward is the second part, the offerings of the devas. The literal explanation is understandable; it can further be explained in terms of principle. The thirty mental states are taken as thirty, the ten stages as one, equal awakening as one, and wondrous awakening as one, combining to make thirty-three, all alike relying on the realm of the real mark. 'Raining heavenly māndārava flowers': the initial mind is already complete with the virtues of the forty-two stages, and the subsequent mind is also like this; all use the causal flowers of all forty stages to direct toward the Dharma body. From 'other devas and nāgas' downward refers to internal ordinary beings, external ordinary beings, and so forth, who likewise rely on the real mark to direct their causal practices toward the fruit.