大方廣佛華嚴經疏 13.5

13.5

Fourth, broadly revealing the inconceivable; the text has two parts: first, revealing in general the multiple aspects; second, revealing individually according to each portal. Now, the first. Adducing Sahā as the foremost, it briefly reveals ten kinds of multiple differences. Following the concluding summary below, it truly pervades the dharmadhātu. The ten phrases do not go beyond the three karmas: 1. body is the general mark, manifesting distinctly in the ten realms of existence, hence called 'various.' 2. Name is used to summon the reality, which is broadly distinguished right below. 3. Colors such as gold and silver differ, and the thirty-two marks and so forth are distinct. 4. Forms have long and short: three feet, sixteen feet, up to boundless. 5. Lifespan has limits: either immeasurable kalpas, or not reaching a hundred years, down to appearing in the morning and entering quiescence at dusk. 6. Places: meaning the differences of defilement, purity, and so forth in the places of transformation. 7. Faculties: meaning eyes and so forth manifesting differently according to resonance. 8. Birthplace: having distinctions such as kṣatriya. 9. Relying on the function of speech: designations are not one, according with local dialects and sounds. 10. Contemplation: looking around and turning about to respond to the multitude of capacities; furthermore, observing survival and destruction, safety and peril—how could wisdom not illuminate all objects, showing multiple aspects? Below, the text concludes the meaning by stating, 'Causing all sentient beings, each according to their own capacity, to understand and see for themselves, thereby attaining taming.'