新華嚴經論 14.26

14.26

Second, the section of the great assembly requesting the Dharma: from "At that time, the bodhisattvas had this thought" onward, there are fourteen and a half lines of sūtra text, containing thirty-two questions, which are divided into two parts in meaning: 1. The first four questions ask about four kinds of Buddha-lands; 2. From "accomplishing the great bodhicitta, drawing upon the Buddhas of the ten directions to encourage preaching" onward, there are twenty-eight questions asking about the bodhisattvas' abodes, grounds, Buddha-eyes, Buddha-ears, and so forth. These thirty-two questions are answered straight through to the "Chapter on the Manifestation of the Tathāgata," as fully detailed in the sūtra.