四明尊者教行錄 4.29

4.29

答：經云移諸天人，記云海眾縱移。經云娑婆世界即變瑠璃為地，至無大海江河。驗是移於有情、變於無情也。於有情中，娑竭龍眾以有緣故獨不被移。龍既不移，所居宮殿豈可依於寶地？即須在大海也。故知此會之眾以佛神力變故皆見寶剎，龍眾自見海中宮殿。今文殊隨彼類見，故經家云：從於大海婆竭羅龍王宮自然涌出也。變而不變，思之可知。

Answer: The sūtra says that the devas and humans were moved, and the subcommentary says that the oceanic assembly was moved. The sūtra says that the Sahā world transformed into ground of lapis lazuli, with no great oceans, rivers, or streams. This verifies that sentient beings were moved and insentient things were transformed. Among sentient beings, the dragon assembly of Sāgara, because of their affinity, alone was not moved. Since the dragons were not moved, how could the palace in which they dwelt rely upon the jeweled ground? It necessarily had to remain in the great ocean. Thus we know that the assembly at this gathering, transformed by the Buddha's supernormal power, all saw a jeweled land, while the dragon assembly themselves saw their palace in the ocean. Now Mañjuśrī followed their category of perception; therefore, the author of the sūtra says: 'Spontaneously welling up from the palace of the dragon king Sāgara in the great ocean.' 'Transformed yet untransformed' can be understood through contemplating this.