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七、依他淨土者，如《梵網經》云：「我今盧舍那，方坐蓮華臺，周匝千花上，復現千釋迦，一花百億國，一國一釋迦。」等者，以初地化百佛剎，則有百葉之花；二地化千佛剎，故花有千葉；若至三地應見萬葉；四地億葉，次第倍增。為是依他受用身，分示報境，入地乃見；非如蓮池會上，十念眾生，頓見淨佛國土故。

Seventh, the Other-Dependent Pure Land: as the Brahmajāla-sūtra says: 'I, Rocana, now sit upon the lotus pedestal; upon the thousand surrounding petals, again appear a thousand Śākyamunis; one petal holds a hundred kotis of lands, each land has one Śākyamuni.' In this manner, because the first ground transforms a hundred Buddha-lands, there is a flower of a hundred petals; the second ground transforms a thousand Buddha-lands, hence the flower has a thousand petals; when reaching the third ground, ten thousand petals should be seen; at the fourth ground, kotis of petals, progressively doubling and multiplying. Because it is the other-dependent enjoyment body, partially revealing the reward realm, it is only seen upon entering the grounds; it is not like the Assembly at the Lotus Pond, where beings of ten recitations頓頓 directly see the pure Buddha-land.