大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 30.6

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疏「皆言或見者」，此九別中有九或見，在義易了，而人尚迷，今寄清涼五臺求見文殊，以況法界見佛差別總有十義。一或多機異處各感見。一者如有五人名為多機，各在一臺名為異處。一人南臺見菩薩、一人西臺見師子、一人中臺見萬聖、一人東臺見化佛、一人北臺見聖僧，是各感見一也。二「或同處各見」者，五人同在中臺，故云同處。一見菩薩一見師子等，故云各見。三「或異時別見」者，一人朝見菩薩、暮見化佛等。四「或同時異見」者，上異時別見不局一人多人，今此要是多人，謂二人同於晨朝，一見化佛、一見菩薩。五「或同時異處見」者，亦約多人，同於晨旦，一於東臺見、一於北臺見，所見之境或同或異，或同見菩薩，亦是同時異處見；或則一見菩薩、一見化佛，亦同時異處。六「或同處異時見」，同於中臺，朝見暮亦見，而能見亦通一人多人，所見亦通一境異境，但取處同時異耳。七「或異時異處見」，時則朝暮不同，處即東西臺別。而能見亦通一人多人，謂或一人朝於中臺見菩薩、暮於北臺見菩薩，異人可知。然約一人，其所見境亦通同異者，同見菩薩如上已明。或一人朝於中臺見菩薩、暮於北臺見師子，然多分且約一境。八「或同時同處見」，亦約多人同在中臺，同於中時見菩薩，所見亦通同異，且約同說。九「或一人於同異交互時處見多人所見」者，言同異交互時處者，謂同時異處、異時同處，名交互時處。然同時異處即是第五，而要是多人；異時同處即是第六，通一人多人。今唯一人頓見前多人所以見，此機亦是不思議人，能於同時異處見故。謂有一人於晨朝時在於中臺，見中臺多人所見，亦在西臺見多人所見。又於中臺，於朝於暮皆見多人所見也。十「或一人於同異俱時處見一切人所見」者，謂同時同處、異時異處，名同異俱時處。既是一人，時該多時、處遍諸處，見通諸境，故是普眼機也。

Regarding the commentary's phrase, 'All stating "some see"': within these nine distinctions there are nine instances of 'some see'; the meaning is easily understood, yet people are still confused about it. Now, drawing by analogy upon seeking to see Mañjuśrī at the Five Terraces of Qingliang, to illustrate the differences in seeing the Buddha throughout the dharmadhātu, there are ten points in all. First, 'some multiple capacities in different places each have a corresponding perception and see': for instance, suppose there are five people, which is called 'multiple capacities', each on a terrace, which is called 'different places'. One person on the South Terrace sees a bodhisattva; one person on the West Terrace sees a lion; one person on the Central Terrace sees the myriad holy ones; one person on the East Terrace sees a transformed buddha; and one person on the North Terrace sees a holy monk. This is the first: each having a corresponding perception and seeing. Second, 'or in the same place, each seeing differently': five people together on the Central Terrace, hence 'the same place'; one sees a bodhisattva, one sees a lion, and so forth, hence 'each seeing differently'. Third, 'or at different times, seeing separately': one person in the morning sees a bodhisattva, and in the evening sees a transformed buddha, and so forth. Fourth, 'or at the same time, seeing differently': whereas the above 'at different times, seeing separately' was not restricted to one person or multiple people, here it must be multiple people; that is, two people at the same morning time, one seeing a transformed buddha and one seeing a bodhisattva. Fifth, 'or at the same time in different places, seeing': this also refers to multiple people, at the same morning dawn, one seeing on the East Terrace and one seeing on the North Terrace; the objects seen may be the same or different—either both seeing a bodhisattva is also seeing at the same time in different places, or one seeing a bodhisattva and one seeing a transformed buddha is likewise at the same time in different places. Sixth, 'or in the same place at different times, seeing': together on the Central Terrace, seeing in the morning and also seeing in the evening; the perceiving subjects may be one person or multiple people, and the perceived objects may also be one object or different objects; it merely takes the place as the same and the times as different. Seventh, 'or at different times in different places, seeing': the times are different as morning and evening, and the places are distinct as the East and West Terraces. The perceiving subjects may also be one person or multiple people; that is, either one person in the morning sees a bodhisattva on the Central Terrace and in the evening sees a bodhisattva on the North Terrace, while different people can be inferred. However, regarding one person, the objects seen may also be the same or different: both seeing a bodhisattva is as explained above; or one person in the morning on the Central Terrace sees a bodhisattva and in the evening on the North Terrace sees a lion; yet for the most part this is explained regarding one object. Eighth, 'or at the same time in the same place, seeing': this also refers to multiple people together on the Central Terrace, who at midday all see a bodhisattva; what is seen also allows for being the same or different, but is explained provisionally as the same. Ninth, 'or one person at mutually intersecting times and places seeing what multiple people see': 'mutually intersecting times and places' means the same time in different places, and different times in the same place, which are called intersecting times and places. Now, the same time in different places is the fifth case, and must involve multiple people; different times in the same place is the sixth case, applying to either one person or multiple people. Here, a single person suddenly sees that which the aforementioned multiple people saw; such a capacity is also an inconceivable person, because they are able to see at the same time in different places. That is to say, there is one person who, at morning time on the Central Terrace, sees what multiple people on the Central Terrace see, and also sees on the West Terrace what multiple people see; furthermore, on the Central Terrace, in both morning and evening, sees what multiple people see. Tenth, 'or one person at times and places that are both the same and different seeing what all people see': the same time in the same place, and different times in different places, are called 'times and places that are both the same and different'. Since this is one person, the time encompasses many times, the place pervades all places, and the vision penetrates all realms; therefore, this is the capacity of the Universal Eye.