大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 7.15

7.15

Regarding the Commentary's passage starting with "The Avataṃsaka Sūtra says": citing proof. This is the Jin translation, corresponding to chapter 73 in the current version. The sūtra states: "The Buddha preached for them the sūtra named the Wheel of Complete Causes." The verses say: / "That Buddha, knowing the faculties of the assembly were about to mature, / Came to this assembly to transform all sentient beings, / Manifesting divine transformations and great adornments, / None failing to draw near and pay reverent homage. / The Buddha with a single voice expounded with skillful means / The sūtra of the Dharma Lamp Universally Illuminating; / The minds of immeasurable sentient beings became pliant, / And all received the prediction of bodhi." / The meaning is largely identical, with only slight differences in terminology.