佛祖統紀 31.3

31.3

上窮寶焰下徹風輪。此華嚴所明一世界種。竪高則且約二十重。周圍則略得十一數。復由此數隨方各十。則總之為百十一。如天帝珠網分布而住。斯但舉其一分云耳。若推而廣之。則十不可說微塵世界。遞相連接周遍建立。各各佛出現。各各滿眾生。是為華藏莊嚴世界海也。若夫娑婆大千須彌四天下南洲五竺。東華震旦。若名若體。有說有圖。雖自廣以至狹。實舉別而會總。既明三世須辨方界。此學者所宜知也。撰世界名體志。

Reaching up to the jeweled flames above and penetrating down to the wind wheel below: this is a single world-seed as explained in the *Avataṃsaka*. In terms of vertical height, it is treated provisionally as having twenty tiers; in circumference, it roughly numbers eleven. Furthermore, moving out from this count, there are ten in each direction, totaling one hundred and eleven, arranged and abiding like the jewel-net of the king of gods. This is merely citing one portion of it. If one expands and extrapolates it, then inexpressible tens of dust-motes of worlds are linked one to another, established everywhere; in each a Buddha appears, and each is filled with sentient beings: this is the Flower-Store Adorned Ocean of Worlds. As for the Sahā great trichiliocosm, the four continents of Sumeru, the southern continent [Jambudvīpa], the Five Indias, the eastern radiance of Cīnasthāna—whether in name or substance, whether with text or with charts—although progressing from the broad to the narrow, it actually presents the particular to integrate with the general. Having clarified the three time periods, one must distinguish directions and realms; this is what students ought to know. I compile the 'Treatise on the Names and Substances of the Worlds.'