大方廣佛華嚴經疏 49.14

49.14

第四日光等照喻，喻平等隨應身，由住真際故無私平等。文中二：先正喻、後重舉釋疑。前中，黑山喻緣覺者，無法空之光故、不出功德故，不同菩薩十大山王表十地故。高原喻聲聞者，不生佛法蓮華故。大地一種通含三聚，取決定能生處喻正定聚，得緣方生喻不定聚，砂鹵等地喻邪定聚，然亦不捨，故皆等照。後釋。疑云。日光是一。佛智萬殊。豈為同喻？釋云：豈不向說但隨山地有高下耶。故知但隨眾生智慧不同，佛無私智、無若干也。未違前喻。又既約機說異，則照高未能兼下，照下而猶照高。又若捨化，先捨於小、次捨於中，唯菩薩高山盡日蒙照。思之。

Fourth is the simile of sunlight illuminating equally, illustrating the body of impartial response according with [beings], which, because it abides in the true limit, is impartial without partiality. In the text there are two parts: first, the simile proper; second, bringing it up again to resolve doubts. In the former, the dark mountains illustrate pratyekabuddhas, because they lack the light of the emptiness of dharmas and do not produce merits, unlike the ten great mountain kings of the bodhisattvas that represent the ten stages. The high plateaus illustrate śrāvakas, because they do not give birth to the lotus flowers of the Buddha-dharma. The single great earth comprehensively contains the three groups: taking the places that definitely can produce [growth] illustrates the group of definite rightness; producing only upon obtaining conditions illustrates the indeterminate group; sandy and salty lands illustrate the group of definite falsity; yet it does not abandon them either, and therefore illuminates all equally. Later, the explanation. The doubt says: "The sun's light is one; the Buddha's wisdom has ten thousand distinctions. How can they serve as a common simile?" The explanation says: "Did we not just say earlier that it is merely in accordance with the mountains and plains being high or low? Hence we know that it is merely in accordance with the differences in sentient beings' wisdom, whereas the Buddha's unselfish wisdom has no variety." This does not contradict the previous simile. Furthermore, since difference is explained in terms of capacity, illuminating the heights cannot yet simultaneously reach the depths, while illuminating the depths still illuminates the heights. Moreover, if [the Buddha] were to abandon transformation, he would first abandon the small, next abandon the intermediate, and only the high mountains of the bodhisattvas receive illumination all day long. Contemplate this.