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大般涅槃經義記 1.117

大般涅槃經義記 1.117

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Classical Chinese

1.117

下辯餘方無邊身來,南、西、北方,彰其來處。「亦有無量無邊身」者,辯列其人,謂一一方各有無量無數菩薩,字無邊身,同來獻供,非謂一方各有一來。「供倍前」者,南方所設倍過東方并上所獻,乃至北方倍過三方無邊所設及上所奉,越請不受,超舉却住,故曰乃至。

Below, it explains the coming of Anantakāya from the remaining directions—south, west, and north—manifesting the places from which they came. "There were also immeasurably boundless bodies" distinguishes and lists the persons, meaning that in each direction there were immeasurable and countless bodhisattvas, named Anantakāya, who together came to present offerings; it does not mean that only one came from each direction. "Offerings doubled those before" means that what was arranged in the south doubled that of the east together with the offerings presented above, and so on up to the north, which doubled what was arranged by the Anantakāyas of the three directions and what was presented above; repeatedly requesting, they were not accepted, and leaping up, they stepped back and stood still; hence it says "and so on."

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