法華文句記 2.87

2.87

Regarding the Thirty-three Heavens, the three luminaries, and the kings of the four heavens, the *Kośa* states: "There are four tiers on Mount Meru, each spaced ten thousand [yojanas] apart, projecting outward sixteen thousand, eight, four, and two thousand in dimension; Firm-handed, Garland-wearing, and Always-arrogant, together with the great kings' retinues, dwell successively on the four tiers, and also dwell on the other seven mountains. The summit of Mount Meru is eighty thousand [yojanas], where the Thirty-three Heavens dwell; at the four corners are four peaks where the Vajrapāṇis reside; the central palace is called Sudarśana, with a circumference of ten thousand yojanas, adorned on the outside with four parks: Caitraratha, Pāruṣyaka, Miśrakāvana, and Nandanavana." If interpreted according to the four siddhāntas: the dwelling place gives the name, which is the mundane; the ability to bestow is the individual; the meaning of contemplation is the therapeutic; the Lord of Heaven is the supreme truth. In terms of the teachings: the *Āgama* verifies the Tripiṭaka teaching; the *Prajñāpāramitā* verifies the shared teaching. As for the distinct and perfect teachings, in the *Avataṃsaka Sūtra* Indra is on the second ground; thus it is clear that both teachings attain the Śūraṅgama Samādhi. "Surpassing the Bhadrakalpa" and so forth is fully explained as in the *Prajñāpāramitā*. "And so on" means the sense of receiving prophecy corresponds to the bodhisattvas of the three teachings. Where the origin and traces section says "drinking the sweet dew together," the sixth fascicle of the *Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra*, "Chapter on the Four Reliances," states: "Just as the Thirty-three Heavens have the wondrous sweet dew, the medicine of immortality," which illustrates that the principle is identical for those at or above the first dwelling. "Named Moon," etc.: their origin and traces both appear in the *Saddharmapuṇḍarīka* (translated by Dharmarakṣa); their origin must be endowed with teaching. Regarding the "meaning of the contemplation of mind": the three truths are the heaven of supreme truth; the truth is the objective realm; the objective realm gives birth to wisdom, and wisdom is like a son. "And so on" means that because the objective realms are distinct and the wisdoms are distinct, the sons born are not the same. "Dwelling on the four jeweled mountains" refers simply to Mount Sumeru. The *Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna Sūtra* states: "Each of the four tiers has ten dwelling places," as fully explained in the text of the *Profound Meaning*. "Extending twenty-four myriad li" is of unknown origin; according to the *Kośa*, they dwell halfway up Mount Meru across four tiers, where the verse says: "Projecting outward sixteen thousand, eight, four, and two thousand in dimension," as each decreases by half going upward.