妙法蓮華經玄贊 2.324

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贊曰：下三頌見佛分三：一見淨土，一見供養，一正見佛。此初也。釋迦光照皆如金色，日月燈明琉璃頗梨色者，欲顯大乘純一可重故唯金色，眾德圓備故種種色，互影彰故。梵云吠琉璃，略云琉璃，有種種色。頗胝迦云水精，亦云水玉，或云白珠，訛云頗梨，「梨」力私反。《智度論》云：「出山石窟中，過千年氷化為頗梨。」西方暑熱土地無氷，何物化焉？此但石類，處處皆有。

The Commentary says: The following three verses on seeing the buddhas are divided into three: first, seeing the pure lands; second, seeing the offerings; third, seeing the buddhas themselves. This is the first. Śākyamuni's light illuminated everything so that it was like a golden color, whereas Candrasūryapradīpa's was the color of vaiḍūrya and sphaṭika; this is because [the former] wishes to show that the Mahāyāna is pure, uniform, and venerable, hence it is solely of golden color, whereas because the myriad virtues are complete and fully equipped, it has diverse colors, mutually reflecting and manifesting each other. In Sanskrit it is called vaiḍūrya, abbreviated as liuli; it has various colors. Sphaṭika is called water-essence (crystal), also called water-jade, or white pearl; erroneously pronounced poli (pholi), with li pronounced as li-si fan. The Dazhidulun says: 'It comes forth from mountain grottos; after a thousand years, ice transforms into sphaṭika.' In the Western Regions, the land is hot and without ice—what substance would transform into it? This is simply a kind of stone, existing everywhere.