[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大方廣佛華嚴經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735) › 13.23 # 大方廣佛華嚴經疏 13.23 大方廣佛華嚴經疏 13.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [13.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.13.23) 第四解疑妨。問：此足輪光何時放耶？若說名諦意如何？佛剎菩薩眾數並同名號，如前已放，前何不說？答：是前〈名號品〉放。但前二品明文殊此會說法不俟光照。今辨百億剎中，乃至遍法界說故，須光以顯，示其所來。菩薩即前菩薩，故並全同。次有妨云：光照百億，百億何不照此？釋云：此為主故。若彼為主，則說彼照。又疑云：下光既窮法界，金色更在何許？當剎當剎有本會處，皆去十剎，主伴遍故。 > Fourth, resolving doubts and objections. Question: At what time was this light from the wheels of the feet emitted? If it was during the expounding of names and truths, what was the intent? The number of Buddha-lands and bodhisattva assemblies are all identical to those in the \[Chapter on the Tathāgata's\] Names. If it was already emitted previously, why was it not mentioned previously? Answer: It was emitted earlier in the Chapter on the Names. However, the previous two chapters explained that Mañjuśrī's expounding of the Dharma in this assembly did not wait upon the illumination of light. Here, in explaining the teaching across a hundred kotis of lands up to pervading the dharmadhātu, it requires light to reveal it and show whence they came. The bodhisattvas are the same bodhisattvas as before, so they are entirely identical. Next, an objection says: 'If the light illuminates a hundred kotis, why do the hundred kotis not illuminate this place?' The explanation says: 'Because this place is the host. If that place were the host, it would speak of that place illuminating.' Furthermore, it is doubted: 'Since the light below reaches to the end of the dharmadhātu, where else would the Golden-Hued One be?' Each and every land has its original site of the assembly, all separated by ten lands; this is because host and retinue are pervasive. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.13.22) - [Next: 13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.13.24) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735~en-mt.13.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.13.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1735.13.23) · Pramāṇa