大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 18.2

18.2

Regarding the Commentary's "Fourth, separately displaying the adornments of the place": within the text there are also two parts: first, a general explanation of what precedes and follows; second, a specific explanation of the vessel world. In the former, as for the Commentary's "These are the Tathāgata's dependent and primary [retributions]": separately displaying the adornments of the place is the dependent; the teacher of the doctrine being inconceivable is the primary; the gathering of the sea of assemblies like clouds is the assembly. As for "Retinue not being empty": bodhisattvas constitute the fulfillment of retinue among the eighteen fulfillments; "not empty" means the fulfillment of followers. That is to say, in the pure land there are no four destinies; assemblies such as nāgas and ghosts are manifestations of the Buddha, intending to show that the pure land is not empty.