大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 3.27

3.27

Regarding the commentary's statement: "Yet the unobstructedness of circumstantial [environment] and direct [sentient beings] generally has six propositions, up to 'its textual passages are not single'": the first two point to concrete phenomena to facilitate understanding, while the rest merely list their names. Now, the meanings of mutual identity, mutual penetration, and mutual co-presence will be fully explained below in [the section on] the demarcation of meanings. Furthermore, mutual penetration each has parts and wholeness; if explained in terms of wholeness, one should say that within a land there is a land. Here, in order to manifest supremacy, it adduces the parts of a particle or a hair so as to subsume the totality of lands and bodies. As for "its textual passages are not single," this refers to the sixth fascicle of the sūtra, where the verse of the bodhisattva Dharmadhātuprabhāsamati says: "In lands as numerous as the subtle dust particles of Buddha-lands, / within a single thought-moment, / each can appear within each particle." This is the first proposition. The "Chapter on Accomplishment" says: "Inconceivable lands within each and every particle / appear universally in accordance with the minds of sentient beings; / no ocean of lands whatsoever is not encompassed— / such an upāya has no distinction." This is also the first proposition. The "Chapter on Manifesting Signs" says: "Within each and every pore of the Tathāgata, / Buddhas as numerous as the dust particles of all lands sit, / encircled by assemblies of bodhisattvas, / expounding the supreme practices of Samantabhadra." The "Chapter on Pariṇāmanā" says: "Within a single pore one sees with complete clarity / Buddhas boundless and of inconceivable number. / All pores are likewise so; / I universally bow to all the lamps of the world." The "Chapter on the Asamphyeya" says: "At the tip of a single minute hair / there are ineffable numbers of Samantabhadras. / Just as with one hair-tip, all are likewise so, / extending in this way throughout the dharmadhātu." These are all the second proposition. It also says: "Into a single minute pore, / ineffable lands enter in succession; / the pore can receive those lands, / yet the lands do not fill the pore." The "Chapter on Manifesting Signs" says: "The Tathāgata sits peacefully upon the bodhi-seat; / a single hair manifests many oceans of lands; / each and every hair manifesting them is likewise so; / in this way it universally encompasses the dharmadhātu." This is also the third proposition. Samantabhadra's verse says: "Just as in this assembly one sees the Buddha seated, / so it is in all particles. / The Buddha's body neither comes nor goes; / all lands appear clearly." The "Chapter on Manifesting Signs" says: "Constantly manifesting clouds of bodies filling everywhere, / numerous as the subtle dust particles of all lands, / universally releasing great light for sentient beings, / each raining the Dharma rain to match their minds." This is also the fourth proposition. It also says: "Immeasurable bodies within each particle / again manifest variously adorned lands; / in a single thought-moment they are universally seen to pass away and be born / by those adorned with unobstructed intent." This is the fifth proposition: direct [beings] and circumstantial [environment] appearing within circumstantial [environment]. The "Chapter on the Asaṃkhyeya" says: "Within a single dust particle there can completely be / ineffable lotus-flower realms; / within each and every lotus-flower world / there are ineffable Xianshou Tathāgatas." This is also the fifth proposition. The "Chapter on the Accomplishment of the World" says: "Within a single pore are inconceivable lands, / abiding in various ways equal in number to subtle dust particles; / in each there is the Omnipresent Honoured One, / expounding the wondrous Dharma in the midst of the assemblies." This is the sixth proposition: circumstantial [environment] and direct [beings] appearing within direct [beings]. The "Chapter on Manifesting Signs" says: "All Buddha-lands / and each and every bodhisattva / universally enter the Buddha's body, / boundless and immeasurable." The "Chapter on Accomplishment" says: "All lands enter my body; / the Buddhas who abide therein are likewise so. / You should contemplate my pores; / I now show you the Buddha's realm." These are all the sixth proposition.