起信論疏筆削記 17.43

17.43

Regarding "the remaining meanings are as explained elsewhere": when this bodhisattva demonstrates the attainment of Buddhahood, atop the Akaniṣṭha summit of the fourth dhyāna in the Maheśvara heaven, there is a wondrous pure land that surpasses the three realms. Bodhisattvas of the tenth bhūmi are to be born into it. The bodhisattva sits upon a great jewel lotus flower, whose seat measures one million great trichiliocosms in breadth and length. Outside the lotus flower, there are retinue jewel lotus seats numbering as many as the dust motes in ten great trichiliocosms, each with a bodhisattva seated upon it. This great bodhisattva emits ten kinds of light: from beneath the feet, emitting one million asaṃkhyeyas of rays of light that illuminate all the hells in the worlds of the ten directions, up to the tenth, where from the crown of the head a number of rays of light are emitted that illuminate all the buddhas in the worlds of the ten directions. The light circles ten times and abides in space, forming an elevated, vast, adorned, and pure terrace of light-clouds and light-nets. From within the light, it rains down jewel incense, jewel pearls, necklaces, and all manner of ornaments to make offerings to all the buddhas, and the light enters beneath the feet of the buddhas. At that time, all the buddhas simultaneously emit the light of the white curl between their brows (ūrṇā-kośa), illuminating the great bodhisattva, and that light enters the crown of the great bodhisattva's head. They also emit asaṃkhyeyas of retinue lights, illuminating the lesser bodhisattvas on the retinue flower seats; when those rays of light have entered the crowns of the heads of those respective bodhisattvas, they immediately attain immeasurable samādhis of the Buddha, immediately attain immeasurable wisdom of the Buddha, attain the Buddha stage, and enter the ranks of the buddhas.