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八、又此華葉，一一塵中各有無邊諸世界海，世界海中復有微塵，此微塵內復有世界，如是重重不可窮盡，非是心識思量境界。如帝釋殿天珠網覆，珠既明徹，互相影現，所現之影還能現影，如是重重不可窮盡。經云「如因陀羅網世界。」《十地論》云「帝網差別者，唯智能知，非眼所見。」是謂第八帝網門也。

Eighth, furthermore, within this flower petal, within each single atom, there is an ocean of boundless worlds; within each ocean of worlds there are again subtle atoms, and within these subtle atoms there are again worlds. In this way, layer upon layer, it cannot be exhausted, and is not a realm of conceptual thought. It is like the celestial net of jewels covering the palace of Lord Śakra: the jewels being clear and transparent, their reflections appear within one another, and the reflections that appear can again manifest reflections; in this way, layer upon layer, it cannot be exhausted. As the sūtra says: "like the worlds of Indra's net." The Daśabhūmika-śāstra says: "The distinctions of Indra's net can only be known by wisdom, not seen by the eye." This is called the eighth gate of Indra's net.