觀無量壽佛經疏 1.13

1.13

第二水觀，初、作水想者舉所觀境界。從「見水澄清」下，正起觀行。「是為水想」下，結觀也。一作水想；二變水成氷；三變氷為瑠璃；四觀瑠璃以成大地內外映徹，地下寶柱承擎，地上諸相莊嚴，以眾寶間錯其地，一一寶出雜色光明。光明成諸樓觀，樓觀兩邊有華幢，幢上多有樂器宣說妙音也。「八種清風」者，彼處實無時節，若寄此八，謂除上下，餘四方四維，故云八。亦可用對八卦也。

Second is the contemplation of the water. First, forming the visualization of water presents the objective realm to be contemplated. From "Seeing the water clear and pure" onwards, directly giving rise to contemplative practice. From "This is the visualization of water" onwards concludes the contemplation. First, forming the visualization of water; second, transforming the water into ice; third, transforming the ice into lapis lazuli; fourth, contemplating the lapis lazuli to form the great earth, internally and externally transparent and clear, supported beneath the ground by jeweled pillars, with various adorned marks above the ground, the ground being interspersed with various jewels, each jewel emitting multicolored radiance. The radiance forms various towers and pavilions, and on both sides of the towers and pavilions there are flower banners, upon which are many musical instruments proclaiming wondrous sounds. As for the "eight kinds of pure winds", in that place there are actually no seasons; if using these eight, it refers to excluding above and below, leaving the remaining four cardinal directions and four intermediate directions, hence called eight. They can also correspond to the eight trigrams.