維摩經略疏垂裕記 9.118

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二、散華供養。「非樹生華」等者，暹云：《大品》第八〈散華品〉云「爾時釋提桓因等諸天作是念：『慧命須菩提為雨法雨，我等寧可化作華，散佛菩薩比丘僧須菩提及般若上。』是時大千世界華悉周遍於虛空中，化成華臺端嚴殊妙。須菩提心念：『是天子所散華，天上未曾見如是華。華是化華，非樹生。是諸天子所散華，從心樹生，非樹生華。』」《大論》五十五釋云「釋提桓因知須菩提覺是化華，語言：『大德！是華非生華。非生華者，言是華天生，空無所出。須菩提！是般若波羅蜜諸法無生空寂，故以無生華供養。又意樹者，隨意所欲，應念即至，故言意樹。』釋提桓因難須菩提：『是華無生，以何言是華不從樹生？』須菩提反質言：『若不生，何以名華？不生法中無所分別，所謂是華是非華。』釋提桓因心伏而問：『但是華無生，諸法亦無生？』須菩提答：『非但是華不生，色亦不生。何以故？若一法空則一切法皆空。』」今文取意略引耳。荊溪云：諸天子云從心樹生，須菩提云不從心樹生者，即表俱非世俗所生，皆從心生。但所計別，並依理生而非生也。

Second, scattering flowers as an offering. Regarding "flowers not grown from trees," etc.: Daoxian says: "Chapter 8 of the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, 'Chapter on Scattering Flowers,' says: 'At that time Śakra Devānām Indra and other devas had this thought: "The Venerable Subhūti is raining the Dharma rain; should we not transform flowers and scatter them over the Buddha, the bodhisattvas, the saṅgha of monks, Subhūti, and the prajñā?" At that time flowers in the great chiliocosm pervaded empty space, transforming into flower terraces that were upright, solemn, and exquisitely marvelous. Subhūti thought: "These flowers scattered by the devaputras—such flowers have never been seen in heaven. The flowers are transformed flowers, not grown from trees. These flowers scattered by the devaputras grow from the tree of the mind, not flowers grown from trees."' Fascicle 55 of the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa explains: 'Śakra Devānām Indra knew that Subhūti realized these were transformed flowers, and said to him: "O Venerable One! These flowers are unarisen flowers. 'Unarisen flowers' means that these flowers are born of heaven, having nowhere from which they emerge. Subhūti! In this prajñāpāramitā, all dharmas are unarisen, empty, and tranquil; therefore we make an offering with unarisen flowers. Furthermore, the 'tree of the mind' means that whatever one desires in the mind arrives in response to thought, hence it is called the tree of the mind." Śakra Devānām Indra challenged Subhūti: "These flowers are unarisen; why do you say that these flowers do not grow from trees?" Subhūti questioned him in turn: "If they are unarisen, why call them flowers? Among unarisen dharmas there is no discrimination of so-called 'this is a flower' or 'this is not a flower.'" Śakra Devānām Indra was subdued in mind and asked: "Are only these flowers unarisen, or are all dharmas also unarisen?" Subhūti answered: "Not only are flowers unarisen, form is also unarisen. Why? Because if one dharma is empty, all dharmas are empty."' The present text merely cites the gist in brief. Jingxi says: 'The devaputras saying they grow from the tree of the mind, and Subhūti saying they do not grow from the tree of the mind, both signify that they are not generated from the worldly, but are all generated from the mind. It is only that their conceptions differ, yet both are generated relying on principle, and thus are non-arising.'"