大般涅槃經義記 7.212

7.212

「云何名為大自在」下第三段也，先徵後辯，「有八」舉數，進任由己，故名「自在」。下辯其相：一多少自在。二大小自在。三輕舉自在。四自在自在，亦得名為所作自在，於中有三：一示無量形各令有心，佛心充遍故令有之；二作一事令人異辯；三住一土十方齊現。五根用自在，一一根中具一切用。六知法自在，一切諸法自然現心，而無分別。七起說自在，於教於義說之無盡，雖有所說，心無分別。八遍滿自在，身充法界。此第三竟。

From "What is called great sovereignty?" downward is the third section; it first questions and then analyzes. "There are eight" gives the number; advancing at will according to oneself is therefore called "sovereignty." Below it analyzes its characteristics: First, sovereignty over many and few. Second, sovereignty over large and small. Third, sovereignty over levitation. Fourth, sovereignty of sovereignty, which can also be named sovereignty over actions; within this there are three: 1. manifesting immeasurable forms and causing each to have a mind, which is caused because the Buddha's mind is all-pervasive; 2. performing a single act and causing people to interpret it differently; 3. abiding in one land while appearing simultaneously in the ten directions. Fifth, sovereignty in sensory functions: within each single sense faculty, all functions are fully present. Sixth, sovereignty in knowing dharmas: all dharmas naturally manifest in the mind without conceptual discrimination. Seventh, sovereignty in initiating discourse: explaining teachings and meanings inexhaustibly, yet although there is something explained, the mind is without conceptual discrimination. Eighth, sovereignty of all-pervasiveness: the body fills the dharmadhātu. Here ends this third [section].