[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) › [華嚴一乘教義分齊章](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866) › 4.48 # 華嚴一乘教義分齊章 4.48 華嚴一乘教義分齊章 4.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.4.48) 第四者、因陀羅網境界門。此但從喻異前耳。此上諸義體相自在，隱顯互現，重重無盡，故此經云「於一微塵中，各示那由他，無數億諸佛，於中而說法。於一微塵中，現無量佛國，須彌金剛圍，世間不迫迮。於一微塵中，現有三惡道，天人阿脩羅，各各受果報。」此三偈即三世間也。又云「一切佛剎微塵等，爾所佛坐一毛孔，皆有無量菩薩眾，各為具說普賢行，無量剎海處一毛，悉坐菩提蓮華座，遍滿一切諸法界，一切毛孔自在現。」又云「如一微塵所示現，一切微塵亦如是。」餘者云云無量，廣如經辯。此等並是實義，非變化成。此是如理智中如量境也。其餘變化等者不入此例。何以故？此並是法性家實德，法爾如是也，非謂分別情識境界，此可去情思之。問：「上一塵中現無量佛剎等者，此但是一重現而已，何故乃云重重現耶？」答：「此方說《華嚴經》時，云一切微塵中亦如是說。彼微塵中說《華嚴經》時，亦云一切微塵中亦如是說。如是展轉，即重重無盡也，宜準思之。」問：「若據此文，重重無盡有何分齊？云何辯其始終等耶？」答：「隨其智取，舉一為首，餘則為伴。據其首者即當中，餘者即眷屬圍繞。如上教義等，並悉如是自在成耳。反前相即相入自在等，皆悉如是攝一切法，無窮法界並悉因陀羅成也。」 > Fourth is the approach of the realm of Indra's net. This merely differs from the former by adopting a metaphor. The substances and characteristics of the various meanings above are unfettered, mutually manifesting through concealment and revelation, multilayered and inexhaustible. Therefore, this sūtra says: 'In a single fine dust particle, / They each display nayutas / Of innumerable billions of buddhas, / Who expound the Dharma therein. / In a single fine dust particle, / They manifest immeasurable buddha-lands, / Sumeru, and the iron encircling mountains, / Without crowding the world. / In a single fine dust particle, / There appear the three miserable destinies, / Gods, humans, and asuras, / Each experiencing their retribution.' These three verses are precisely the three worlds. It also says: 'Equal to the fine dust particles of all buddha-lands, / That many buddhas sit within a single pore; / They all have immeasurable assemblies of bodhisattvas, / To each of whom they fully expound the Samantabhadra conduct. / Immeasurable oceans of lands dwell in a single hair\[-pore\], / All seated upon bodhi lotus thrones, / Pervading all Dharma-realms, / Manifesting unfettered in every pore.' It also says: 'Just as it is manifested in a single fine dust particle, / So it is in all fine dust particles.' Boundless other statements like this are detailed in the sūtra. All of these are real meanings, not created by magical transformation. This is the realm of the measure of things within gnosis that accords with principle. Other magical transformations and so forth do not enter this category. Why is that? Because all of these are real virtues of the household of the Dharma-nature, naturally like this; they are not the sphere of discursive emotional consciousness. One should reflect on this, casting off ordinary sentiment. > Question: 'The manifestation of immeasurable buddha-lands and so forth within a single dust particle above is merely a single layer of manifestation; why then do you say it manifests multilayered?' > Answer: 'When this region expounds the \*Avataṃsaka-sūtra\*, it says that it is also expounded like this in all fine dust particles. When the \*Avataṃsaka-sūtra\* is expounded within that fine dust particle, it also says that it is also expounded like this in all fine dust particles. Unfolding in this way from one to the next, it is multilayered and inexhaustible; one should consider it accordingly.' > Question: 'According to this text, what is the demarcation of being multilayered and inexhaustible? How does one explain its beginning, end, and so forth?' > Answer: 'According to what wisdom apprehends, whichever is raised becomes the primary, and the rest become its companions. The one taken as the primary is placed in the center, and the rest are the retinue surrounding it. The teachings, meanings, and so forth above are all unfettered and accomplished in this way. In turn, the aforementioned unfettered mutual identity, mutual interpenetration, and so forth all subsume all phenomena in this way, and the inexhaustible Dharma-realm is entirely accomplished through Indra\['s net\].' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.4.47) - [Next: 4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.4.49) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866~en-mt.4.48) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [金師子章雲間類解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1880.1.163) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.4.48) · Pramāṇa