大方廣佛華嚴經疏 47.16

47.16

初來意者，上約化益盡一切時，今明菩薩徧一切處，故次來也。故〈僧祇〉中明法界毛端之處皆有多多普賢，此則據實而談。今約機緣所宜，指有方所，使物欣厭翹心有歸。若知能住菩薩毛含剎海，所住之處塵納無邊，則未有一方非菩薩住，亦遠答前壽量海問，菩薩隨機住壽異故。昔將此品遠答第二會初問意十句，非唯義意不同，抑亦文不相次。

First, as for the intention of its occurrence: the preceding [chapter] concerned the benefit of transformation exhausting all times; now it explains that bodhisattvas pervade all places, and hence it follows next. Thus in the chapter on "Asaṃkhyeya" it was explained that every tip of a hair throughout the dharmadhātu has many, many Samantabhacras; that was discussed based on reality. Here, according with what is suitable for capacities and conditions, specific locations are indicated, so that beings develop aversion [for the defiled] and admiration [for the pure], setting their aspirations on a refuge. If one knows that the dwelling bodhisattva can contain oceans of lands in a single hair, and that the place where they dwell can accommodate the boundless in a single dust mote, then there is not a single direction that is not a bodhisattva's dwelling. It also answers from afar the previous question on the ocean of life spans, because bodhisattvas abide with different life spans according to capacity. In the past, this chapter was taken as answering from afar the ten phrases of the initial questions of the second assembly; not only is the doctrinal meaning different, but the texts also do not correspond in sequence.