大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 16.47

16.47

As for the commentary's "Furthermore, elaborating the nine assemblies to pervade the ten directions": this is the fifth section. When it says "Like the Chapter on Awakening through Light in the second assembly," it adduces the text of one assembly as a model. That is, the "Chapter on Awakening through Light" has a total of twenty-six emissions of light, the last of which pervades the dharmadhātu and space, all stating that each and every one of those worlds has ten billion Jambudvīpas and up to ten billion Akaniṣṭha Heavens, within which everything clearly appears, and in each and every one of those Jambudvīpas one sees the Tathāgata seated upon the lion throne of the lotus treasury, surrounded by bodhisattvas as numerous as the dust motes of ten Buddha-lands. Completely through the Buddha's spiritual power, in each of the ten directions there is a great bodhisattva, each accompanied by bodhisattvas as numerous as the dust motes of ten Buddha-lands, coming to the Buddha's presence, and so forth. Explanation: this is the text of pervasion of the ten directions. Since it encompasses ten billion Jambudvīpas and so forth, it is one class of worlds. When it says "the remaining assemblies are also like this," the seven assemblies below and the first assembly all pervade the ten directions just like the second assembly; therefore, the ends of the various assemblies mostly conclude with universal pervasion.