大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 4.20

4.20

疏「今說此經佛為真為應為一為多」下，第二假問徵起。於中二：先問、起後。「若言真者」下徵難。今初，但有兩對，已含前後諸義。徵難中，先難真應、後難一多。初中有三：一約名、二約處、三約機。言「為一為多」者，二難一多。言「多處別現」者，如〈光明覺品〉云「如於此處見佛世尊坐蓮華藏師子之座，十佛剎微塵數菩薩所共圍繞。彼一一世界中，皆有百億閻浮提、百億如來、百億佛剎，亦如是坐」等文是也。又云「如於此處見佛坐，一切塵中亦如是。佛身無去亦無來，所有國土皆明現」等。疏「何以復言而不分身」者，〈出現品〉云「譬如梵王住自宮，普現三千諸梵處，一切人天咸得見，實不分身向於彼。諸佛現身亦如是，一切十方無不遍，其身無數不可稱，亦不分身不分別。」

Regarding the commentary's phrase "Now, as for expounding this sūtra, is the Buddha true or responsive, one or multiple?" and below, the second part raises hypothetical questions and challenges. Within this, there are two: first, questioning to introduce what follows; second, from "If you say he is true" down, raising objections. Now for the first: there are only two pairs, which already encompass all the preceding and succeeding meanings. Within raising objections, it first questions true and responsive, and next questions one and multiple. Within the first, there are three: 1. in terms of name, 2. in terms of location, 3. in terms of faculties. Regarding "Is he one or multiple?": this is the second, questioning unity and multiplicity. Concerning "Distinctly manifesting in multiple locations": as the "Chapter on Illuminating Awakening" states: "Just as in this place one sees the Buddha, the World-Honoured One, sitting on the lion seat of the lotus treasury, surrounded by bodhisattvas as numerous as the dust motes of ten Buddha-lands, so too in each of those worlds there are ten billion Jambudvīpas, ten billion Tathāgatas, and ten billion Buddha-lands, where he is seated likewise," and so forth. It also states: "Just as the Buddha is seen sitting in this place, / So it is in all dust motes. / The Buddha's body neither goes nor comes, / Yet clearly manifests in all lands," and so forth. As for the commentary's "Why does it further say that he does not divide his body?": the "Chapter on Appearance" states: "Just as the Brahmā king, abiding in his own palace, / Universally manifests throughout the three thousand Brahmā abodes, / And all humans and devas are able to see him, / Yet in truth he does not divide his body to go to them; / The manifestation of the bodies of the Buddhas is likewise so, / Leaving nowhere unpervaded in all the ten directions; / Their bodies are countless and unreckonable, / Yet they neither divide their bodies nor make discriminations."