法華義疏 12.12

12.12

From beginning to end in this sūtra, there are three variations in the land: first, the initial portion of the sūtra was preached in an impure land; second, the latter portion of the sūtra was preached in a pure land; third, from the "Former Deeds of the Medicine King Chapter" onward, it was again preached in an impure land. How is this known? In order to assemble the emanated bodies, the land was transformed into a pure land; once the emanated bodies had dispersed, the land returned to being impure. When Gadgadasvara came, he was precisely roaming amidst the five turbidities, so the Buddha admonished him.