四明尊者教行錄 4.41

4.41

答：據理，須指三變淨土也。此中應非大千為一國土，恐指一四天下為一國矣。娑婆既是大千之名，則可足成三千三百。然則大千亦似未及一百萬億那由他四天下，恐約大數增至大千。何者？小數則十十成百，百百為千，千千為萬等故。

Answer: In principle, it must refer to the three transformations of the pure land. Here, a land should not be a great chiliocosm; it likely refers to a single set of four continents as one land. Since Sahā is the name of a great chiliocosm, it can make up the three thousand three hundred. However, a great chiliocosm also seems not to reach one hundred million nayutas of four continents; it is likely increased to a great chiliocosm according to the large numbering system. Why? Because in the small numbering system, ten tens make a hundred, a hundred hundreds make a thousand, a thousand thousands make ten thousand, and so forth.