大乘義章 14.58

14.58

次明起說因緣之相。六句辨之：一明說時，文雖不辨，准依《地經》，當應亦在第二七日。二明說處，在炎摩天宮寶莊嚴殿。三明說人，功德林菩薩之所宣說。四明說人所入三昧，說此法時承佛威神入菩薩善伏三昧。五明加人，十方各過萬佛世界塵數界外，各有萬佛世界塵數諸佛，同名功德林，相與加被。六明證人，十方各過十萬佛剎塵數界外，各有十萬佛剎塵數菩薩，同名功德林，雲集作證。十行如是。

Next, the marks of the causes and conditions for initiating the preaching are clarified. They are distinguished in six clauses: first, clarifying the time of the preaching: although the text does not distinguish it, by inferring from the Daśabhūmika Sūtra, it should also be in the second seven-day period. Second, clarifying the place of the preaching: in the Jewel-Adorned Palace of the Yāma Deva Heaven. Third, clarifying the speaker: proclaimed by the bodhisattva Guṇavāna (Merit Forest / Dharmamegha). Fourth, clarifying the samādhi entered by the speaker: when expounding this teaching, relying on the supernatural power of the Buddha, he entered the bodhisattva samādhi of skillful subdual. Fifth, clarifying the person who bestowed empowerment: beyond worlds numbering dust motes of ten thousand Buddha-worlds in each of the ten directions, there were Buddhas numbering dust motes of ten thousand Buddha-worlds, all named Guṇavāna, who jointly bestowed empowerment. Sixth, clarifying the witnesses: beyond worlds numbering dust motes of a hundred thousand Buddha-lands in each of the ten directions, there were bodhisattvas numbering dust motes of a hundred thousand Buddha-lands, all named Guṇavāna, who gathered like clouds to bear witness. The ten practices are like this.