法華義疏 9.221

9.221

「爾時東方」下，第四，十方佛集欲同開塔也。就文為二：初、說結佛集；次、諸佛欲同開塔也。「是時諸佛」下，第二文也。彼某申佛與欲開此塔者，此明諸佛同欲開寶塔，現多寶身示於大眾，令知法身不滅，不必如僧中羯磨與欲也。又《大集經》二十一卷云「南方金剛藏佛答彼菩薩云：北方釋迦牟尼欲為大眾說法，為破大慢，遣使從我索欲，我今與之。次西方東方皆亦爾。」似僧事與欲，十方佛雖各為化主，一時共為佛事，亦得少分同僧，但不恒爾，故異僧事也。

From "At that time from the east" downward is the fourth, the Buddhas of the ten directions assemble, wishing to open the stūpa together. Regarding the text, there are two parts: first, a concluding account of the Buddhas assembling; next, the Buddhas wishing to open the stūpa together. From "At that time the Buddhas" downward is the second text. That Buddha so-and-so conveys his consent to open this stūpa clarifies that the Buddhas all together wish to open the jeweled stūpa, revealing Prabhūtaratna's body to show it to the great assembly and make them know that the dharmakāya is imperishable; it is not necessarily like granting consent in a sangha karman. Furthermore, fascicle twenty-one of the *Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra* says: "In the south, the Buddha Vajragarbha replied to that bodhisattva: 'In the north, Śākyamuni wishes to preach the Dharma for the great assembly; in order to crush great conceit, he sent an envoy to request consent from me, and I now grant it to him.' In the west and east, it was likewise." This resembles granting consent in monastic matters: although the Buddhas of the ten directions are each masters of their own transformation, when at one time they jointly perform a Buddha-work, it may also partly resemble the sangha; however, it is not constantly so, and therefore differs from monastic matters.