大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 27.7

27.7

疏「海能有華故受華名」者，以海名無邊妙華光故。如蓮華池，池受華名。「華依於海取海底稱」者，海以摩尼王幢為底，故華名摩尼王莊嚴。如泥中華，華受泥稱。疏「但有二百一十」者，第一層一佛剎塵數世界；第二層二佛剎，一上加二為三；第三層加三為六；第四層加四為十；第五層加五成十五；第六層加六成二十一；第七層加七成二十八；第八層加八成三十六；第九層加九成四十五；第十增加十為五十五。下十增有五十五，上十層一一漸加，算數亦有五十五，而各有十，謂十一十二十三十四等。上十層更有一百，都有一百五十五。并下層五十五，故有二百一十矣。問：既有二十層，何以但云十九佛剎為主剎耶？答：以最下一層但云一世界，非一佛剎塵數世界，故云從此一界去，云此上過一佛剎微塵數世界至第二層故，二層共有一佛剎塵數剎耳。如竪二千錢為二十百，最下取一錢，如最下一剎，此上過一百錢為第二層，方共一百爾。此上過一百至第三層，方是二百。至二十層，方有一千九百文耳。故二十層成十九佛剎，思之。疏「下當會釋」者，即第三會能繞所繞類結之耳。

Regarding the commentary's: “Because the ocean can possess flowers, it receives the name of ‘flower’”: this is because the ocean is named Boundless Exquisite Flower Light. It is like a lotus pond: the pond takes the name of the flowers. “The flower relies on the ocean and takes the name of the ocean floor”: the ocean has the mani-king banner as its floor, so the flower is named Mani-King Adornment. It is like a flower in the mud: the flower takes the name of the mud. Regarding the commentary's: “There are only two hundred and ten”: in the first tier, there are worlds numbering the dust motes of one buddha-kṣetra. In the second tier, two buddha-kṣetras: adding two to one makes three. In the third tier, adding three makes six. In the fourth tier, adding four makes ten. In the fifth tier, adding five makes fifteen. In the sixth tier, adding six makes twenty-one. In the seventh tier, adding seven makes twenty-eight. In the eighth tier, adding eight makes thirty-six. In the ninth tier, adding nine makes forty-five. In the tenth, adding ten makes fifty-five. The lower ten [tiers] with additions have fifty-five; the upper ten tiers, each gradually added one by one, in calculation also have fifty-five, yet each has ten, namely eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, and so on. The upper ten tiers further have one hundred, totaling one hundred and fifty-five. Combined with the lower tiers' fifty-five, there are therefore two hundred and ten. Question: Since there are twenty tiers, why does it only say that nineteen buddha-kṣetras are the principal kṣetras? Answer: Because the lowest tier only says “one world,” not worlds numbering the dust motes of one buddha-kṣetra. Therefore it says that going from this one realm, it says that passing above this by worlds numbering the fine dust motes of one buddha-kṣetra, one reaches the second tier; hence, the two tiers together have kṣetras numbering the dust motes of only one buddha-kṣetra. It is like stacking two thousand coins into twenty hundreds: at the very bottom, one takes one coin, like the lowest single kṣetra; passing above this by one hundred coins makes the second tier, only then totaling one hundred. Passing above this by one hundred to the third tier, it is only then two hundred. Reaching the twentieth tier, there are only then one thousand nine hundred coins. Therefore, twenty tiers constitute nineteen buddha-kṣetras; contemplate this. Regarding the commentary's: “This will be reconciled and explained below”: this is the third assembly's summary grouping of that which encircles and that which is encircled.