大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 77.40

77.40

Regarding the Commentary's passage beginning with: 'The Samādhisāgara-buddhānusmṛti': the second part distinguishes the categories, that is, citing proof to distinguish them. Within it there are two: first, correct elucidation; second, critical analysis. In the former, it refers to the ninth fascicle, Chapter Eight, 'Bodhisattva's Original Practices': 'The Buddha told Ānanda: "The Tathāgata has thirty-two marks of a great person, eighty minor marks, and golden light. In each and every light are immeasurable transformation buddhas, all manner of transformations, and all manner of physical forms in all the pores of the body. To speak of the brief within the brief: for the great assembly of this gathering and for King Śuddhodana, I now briefly speak of the marks and minor signs. The Buddha was born in the human realm, and to manifest similarity with the human form, he taught the thirty-two marks. To surpass all the devas, he taught the eighty minor marks. For the bodhisattvas, he taught the eighty-four thousand wondrous marks and signs. As for the Buddha's real marks and signs, when I first realized the way, in the bodhimaṇḍa of quietude and cessation in Magadha, I already distinguished them extensively in the Gaṇḍavyūha-sūtra for Samantabhadra, Xianshou, and other great bodhisattvas."' / Explanation: The words 'brief within the brief' are the sūtra text itself; the 'two briefs and three extensives' are the Commentary's interpretation according to the meaning. Since previously there was the 'brief within the brief', there must be the 'brief'. Furthermore, that text previously spoke of eighty-four thousand, and here there are the ten lotus-treasuries, so compared to that it is extensive. Thus, in that sūtra text, from 'For the bodhisattvas, he taught the eighty-four thousand wondrous marks and signs' is the second section, and from 'As for the Buddha's real marks and signs, when I first realized the way' is the third section; the text is also clear.