法華義疏 9.208

9.208

又開為二：初、明集分身佛之緣；二、正明分身佛集。二章各四。初四者：一者、神力發引令大樂說問；二、佛答；三、重問；四、如來放光召集也。初、以神力故問者，將說法身大事，故受大樂說之名，及以神力加之然後問也。「佛告」下，第二、佛答也。「大樂說白佛」下，第三、重請，前欲見多寶，即欲識法身無生滅、應身有生滅也。今欲見分身佛者，欲了本一迹多故也。本迹之義無窮，略而論之，不出法身無生滅、應身有生滅及本一迹多，故此品始末但顯斯兩義。「爾時佛放白毫一光」下，第四、正明召集分身。前四章是皆遠緣由，今是近緣由也。就文亦四：一者、放光遍照十方；二者、敘十方諸佛來意；三者、變穢為淨；四者、十方佛集開寶塔。

Again, it is divided into two: first, clarifying the conditions for assembling the emanated Buddhas; second, directly clarifying the assembly of the emanated Buddhas. Each of the two chapters has four parts. The first four are: first, supernatural power initiates and prompts Mahāpratibhāna to ask; second, the Buddha replies; third, he asks again; fourth, the Tathāgata emits light to summon and assemble them. First, asking by virtue of supernatural power: about to preach the great matter of the dharmakāya, he therefore received the name Mahāpratibhāna ("Great Delight in Preaching"), and only after being empowered by supernatural power did he ask. From "The Buddha told" downward is the second, the Buddha's reply. From "Mahāpratibhāna addressed the Buddha" downward is the third, requesting again: previously wishing to see Prabhūtaratna was wishing to recognise that the dharmakāya has no arising or extinction and that the response body has arising and extinction. Now wishing to see the emanated Buddhas is because of wishing to comprehend that the fundamental is one and the traces are many. The meaning of the fundamental and traces is inexhaustible; discussing it briefly, it does not go beyond the dharmakāya having no arising or extinction, the response body having arising and extinction, and the fundamental being one and the traces being many. Therefore, the beginning and end of this chapter merely reveal these two meanings. From "At that time the Buddha emitted a ray of light from between his white eyebrows" downward is the fourth, directly clarifying the summoning and assembling of the emanated bodies. The previous four chapters are all distant conditions and reasons, whereas this is the proximate condition and reason. Regarding the text, there are also four parts: first, emitting light that illuminates universally throughout the ten directions; second, recounting the purpose of the Buddhas of the ten directions in coming; third, transforming the defiled into the pure; fourth, the Buddhas of the ten directions assemble and open the jeweled stūpa.