新華嚴經論 8.22

8.22

二明此經何藏所攝者，此經名毘盧遮那法界藏所攝，以遍照法界海一切諸法門盡含藏故，此經不許三乘化佛權教所收眾生所知解故。化佛教中菩薩及二乘之眾不能解了一真法界報佛法門，唯知三乘自分法故。設是菩薩，但知三千大千世界為一報佛境界故，千百億釋迦是化身故，不解此一乘實報法界報佛所說法門故。是故此經還名毘盧遮那法界，佛果智海所收，非同三乘菩薩化佛教中權施菩薩藏所攝。是故下文〈法界品〉中，慈氏所居樓閣名毘盧遮那莊嚴藏，善財入已，唯見無量諸佛法藏行門報相莊嚴無盡福相皆阿僧祇，一一具如經說。此即依毘盧遮那佛所教法行，法行之因報得所居宮殿樓閣，一依法界藏行所成因果故，乃至諸佛報得莊嚴因果亦如之故。藏者，含容義，含容法界一切法門因果法皆無盡故。三乘經多以恒河沙為法門數之比量，成廣大義；此一乘經多以一佛剎塵及十佛剎塵乃至無量佛剎微塵為法數之比量。又三乘法相，或一或二三等，七八九十為數；此經法門一一具十為數，以明佛果法門圓滿故。名詮既是廣狹不同，法藏法必當差別。是故此經是毘盧遮那藏所收，非三乘菩薩藏所攝故。此經常以佛果為進修道跡，是佛根本大智古跡。修差別智故，若異佛古跡而有進修，無成佛義。如三乘，且免一分麁生死苦，非是依佛智體古跡契修佛乘也。是故此經是毘盧遮那藏所收，非三乘菩薩藏所攝。

Second, explaining which repository subsumes this sūtra: This sūtra is subsumed by what is called the Vairocana dharmadhātu repository, because it completely encompasses and stores all dharma gates of the ocean of the dharmadhātu, and because this sūtra does not permit the beings embraced by the provisional teachings of the nirmāṇabuddhas of the three vehicles to understand or comprehend it. Bodhisattvas and members of the two vehicles within the teachings of the nirmāṇabuddha cannot comprehend the saṃbhogabuddha dharma gate of the single true dharmadhātu, knowing only their own share of the dharmas of the three vehicles. Even if they are bodhisattvas, they only know a great trichiliocosm as the sphere of a single saṃbhogabuddha, with the hundreds of billions of Śākyamunis being nirmāṇakāyas; they do not comprehend the dharma gates expounded by the saṃbhogabuddha of the real reward dharmadhātu of this One Vehicle. Therefore, this sūtra is also designated as belonging to the Vairocana dharmadhātu, subsumed by the ocean of wisdom of the Buddha fruition, and is not the same as being subsumed under the provisional bodhisattva repository within the teachings of the nirmāṇabuddha for the bodhisattvas of the three vehicles. Therefore, in the subsequent 'Chapter on Entering the Dharmadhātu', the multi-storied pavilion in which Maitreya resides is called the Vairocana Adornment Repository; after Sudhana enters it, he sees only the immeasurable dharma repositories of all buddhas, the gates of practice, the adorned marks of reward, and the infinite marks of merit, all numbering in the asaṃkhyeyas, each fully as expounded in the sūtra. This is the reward of the palaces and multi-storied pavilions where one resides attained through the cause of practicing the Dharma in accordance with the Dharma taught by Vairocana Buddha—a cause and effect accomplished entirely in accordance with the practices of the dharmadhātu repository; so too are the cause and effect of the reward-attained adornments of all buddhas. 'Repository' means containment, because it contains all dharma gates and dharmas of cause and effect throughout the dharmadhātu, all being inexhaustible. The sūtras of the three vehicles mostly use the sands of the Ganges as a measure for the number of dharma gates to establish the meaning of vastness; this One Vehicle sūtra mostly uses the dust motes of a single buddha realm, the dust motes of ten buddha realms, up to the dust motes of immeasurable buddha realms as the measure for the number of dharmas. Furthermore, as for the dharma characteristics of the three vehicles, they take one, two, three, or seven, eight, nine, and ten as numbers; the dharma gates of this sūtra, however, each fully possess ten as their number, in order to clarify that the dharma gates of the Buddha fruition are consummate. Since the scope of the expressive names is different, the dharmas of the Dharma repository must certainly be distinguished. For this reason, this sūtra is subsumed by the Vairocana repository, not by the bodhisattva repository of the three vehicles. This sūtra always takes the Buddha fruition as the path-traces for advancing practice; it is the ancient trace of the Buddha's fundamental great wisdom. Because it cultivates discriminating wisdom, if there is advancing practice that diverges from the Buddha's ancient traces, there is no principle of attaining Buddhahood. As for the three vehicles, they merely escape one portion of the suffering of coarse saṃsāra; they do not cultivate the Buddha Vehicle by according with the ancient traces of the essence of the Buddha's wisdom. Therefore, this sūtra is subsumed by the Vairocana repository, not by the bodhisattva repository of the three vehicles.