花嚴經文義綱目 1.49

1.49

初眾數多少者，謂此初會有五十五眾，始從普賢至摩醯眾為三十四眾，復從善海還至普賢為十八眾，帖前總為五十二眾。海慧內眾，并新集十方，及勝音眾，帖前總為五十五眾。第二會中有新舊二眾，帖前總五十七眾。三四二會各有天王、菩薩二眾，帖前總為六十一眾。第五會中〈昇天品〉內有五十二眾，及雲集眾，帖前總為一百一十四眾。第六會中有同生、異生二眾，及第七會一眾，帖前總為一百一十七眾。第八會中菩薩、聲聞、天王三眾，帖前則為一百二十眾。於中一一或以十佛世界塵數為量，如是等皆無分齊。然此且約此一世界八會中說，若通十方虛空法界一切世界皆各有此無邊眾會，相入重重如帝網無盡，即不可說不可說也。是謂花嚴海會之眾。

First, the quantity of the number of the assembly: in this first assembly there are fifty-five assemblies. From Samantabhadra to the Maheśvara assembly, there are thirty-four assemblies. Again, from Sāgarabuddhi back to Samantabhadra, there are eighteen assemblies; combining these with the preceding makes fifty-two assemblies in total. The inner assembly of Sāgaramati, together with those newly gathered from the ten directions and the Varaghoṣa assembly, combined with the preceding makes fifty-five assemblies in total. In the second assembly, there are the two assemblies of the new and the old, which combined with the preceding makes fifty-seven assemblies in total. The third and fourth assemblies each have two assemblies of heavenly kings and bodhisattvas, which combined with the preceding makes sixty-one assemblies in total. In the fifth assembly, within the "Chapter on Ascending to Heaven," there are fifty-two assemblies and the cloud-gathered assembly, which combined with the preceding makes one hundred and fourteen assemblies in total. In the sixth assembly, there are the two assemblies of co-arising and differently-arising beings, and one assembly in the seventh assembly, which combined with the preceding makes one hundred and seventeen assemblies in total. In the eighth assembly, there are the three assemblies of bodhisattvas, śrāvakas, and heavenly kings, which combined with the preceding makes one hundred and twenty assemblies in total. Among them, each takes the dust motes of ten Buddha worlds as measure; such are all without limitation. However, this is provisionally stated with respect to the eight assemblies in this single world. If connecting through all worlds of empty space and the dharmadhātu in the ten directions, each possesses these boundless assemblies, mutually entering in layered multiplicity, inexhaustible like Indrajāla, which is ineffable and ineffable. These are called the assemblies of the Avataṃsaka ocean-assembly.