[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大乘法苑義林章](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1861) › 7.31 # 大乘法苑義林章 7.31 大乘法苑義林章 7.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1861.7.31) 第三眷屬者，《佛地經》云：無量天龍人非人等常所翼從。其法性土、自受用土二無輔翼，無相如前。他受用土，唯有天人以為眷屬，無有餘類。雖超三界，天等仍是三界攝故。淨識如是攝受變現為嚴淨土，故不相違。或為成熟所化有情，示現如是變化種類。如為調伏劫比拏王，現化無量轉輪王眾眷屬圍繞。或佛自化，或諸菩薩化作此類，任持淨土莊嚴供養，引導他方翼從如來。《無量壽經》亦言「命命鳥等皆是阿彌陀佛之所化作」，化為二乘莊嚴淨土亦復如是。變化土中，亦以真實八部輔翼。他受用土，菩薩為真，二乘八部皆為權現，非是真實得生中故。變化土中，二乘八部皆是真實，十地菩薩皆為權迹，十地不應生變化土，權示化形生於中故。 > Third, the retinue: The Buddhabhūmi-sūtra says: 'Immeasurable devas, nāgas, humans, non-humans, and others constantly attend and follow.' The dharmatā land and the self-enjoyment land have no supporters, being signless as described before. In the other-enjoyment land, there are only devas and humans as the retinue, with no other classes. Although it surpasses the three realms, devas and the like are still subsumed under the three realms. That the pure consciousness embraces and transforms in this way to adorn the pure land is therefore not contradictory. Or, in order to ripen the sentient beings to be transformed, it manifests such transformation classes. For example, in order to subdue King Kapphina, it manifested immeasurable assemblies of wheel-turning kings as retinues surrounding him. Either the Buddha transforms them himself, or the bodhisattvas transform into such classes, sustaining the pure land, adorning it with offerings, and guiding those from other directions to attend and follow the Tathāgata. The Sukhāvatīvyūha-sūtra also says: 'Jīvañjīvaka birds and others are all transformed by Amitābha Buddha'; transforming into those of the two vehicles to adorn the pure land is also like this. In the transformation land, it is also supported by the real eight classes of beings. In the other-enjoyment land, bodhisattvas are real, while the two vehicles and the eight classes of beings are provisional manifestations, not genuinely born within it. In the transformation land, the two vehicles and the eight classes of beings are real, while the bodhisattvas of the ten stages are provisional traces, because those of the ten stages should not be born in a transformation land, manifesting provisional forms to be born within it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1861.7.30) - [Next: 7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1861.7.32) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1861.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1861~en-mt.7.31) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [說無垢稱經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1782.2.256) — Classical Chinese - [佛地經論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.buddhabhumisutra!buddhabhumisutrasastra*zh-xuanzang.1.29) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1861.7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1861.7.31) · Pramāṇa