維摩經略疏垂裕記 9.43
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9.43
Third, clarifying the inconceivable divine functions, in two parts: First, dividing into sections. Second, explaining sequentially, in two parts: First, clarifying Śāriputra seeing these divine functions and marveling at what he had never had before. "Only seven thousand yojanas long": Daoxian says, "The Suvikrāntavikramiparipṛcchā Prajñāpāramitā states: 'The land of Jambudvīpa is seven thousand yojanas in length and breadth, broad in the north and narrow in the south. The faces of the people therein also resemble the shape of the land.'" "Marveling at what he had never had before": since the universal gathering, he has rarely seen such traces. Second, Jingming answers, extensively illuminating that all Buddhas and bodhisattvas have great divine functions, in two parts: First, preliminarily discussing the essential principle, in two parts: First, recounting the intention and dividing into sections. "Now Jingming ... to this liberation": namely, partially abiding in equal enlightenment, not ultimate abiding. Second, revealing the accomplishment of the expedient and rapid, in two parts: First, explaining and accomplishing in contrast with the above, in two parts: First, indicating. Second, from "how so?" downward, directly explaining.
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