華嚴經旨歸 1.47

1.47

Third, the assembly of adornment: such as the assemblies of divine kings, heavenly kings, and the like, comprising over thirty kinds. Each kind of assembly surpasses the number of subtle atoms in a world; all through the power of the Way they accord with conditions, appearing in distinct and varied forms, condescending to the mundane world to reveal bodies born according to category—which are the bodies of the world of sentient beings—to adorn the great assembly and Dharma gathering of Rocana Buddha. In other traditions, these are transformations, shown so that the pure land would not appear empty; but here they are real, because they are manifested by the ocean-seal samādhi and are able to question and reveal the great ocean of the Dharma.