翻譯名義集 3.46

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古之王者，建國居民，度天地之所合，定陰陽之所和。《仁王經》云：「此瞻部洲，十六大國、五百中國、十萬小國。」《楞嚴經》云：「此閻浮提，大國凡有二千三百。」《金光明》云：「此閻浮提，八萬四千城邑聚落。」然法身無像，豈假地以居之，應物有形，故隨國而化矣。所以佛生迦維衛，成道摩竭提，說法波羅柰，入滅俱尸那，故此四處建窣堵波。《智度論》云：「以報生地恩故，多住舍婆提。一切眾生，皆念生地。如偈說：『一切論議師，自愛所知法，如人念生地，雖出家猶諍。』以報法身地恩故，多住王舍城。諸佛皆愛法身，如偈說：『過去未來現在諸佛，皆供養法師敬尊重。』」

When ancient rulers founded states and settled their people, they measured where heaven and earth unite, and determined where yin and yang harmonize. The Benevolent Kings Sūtra says: "In this Jambudvīpa, there are sixteen great states, five hundred middle states, and one hundred thousand small states." The Śūraṅgama Sūtra says: "In this Jambudvīpa, there are altogether two thousand three hundred great states." The Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra says: "In this Jambudvīpa, there are eighty-four thousand walled cities, towns, and hamlets." However, the dharmakāya has no form; how could it rely on land to dwell? Yet in responding to beings it manifests form, thus transforming according to the country. For this reason, the Buddha was born in Kapilavastu, attained awakening in Magadha, taught the Dharma in Vārāṇasī, and entered cessation in Kuśinagara; stūpas were therefore erected in these four places. The Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa says: "To repay the debt of gratitude to the land of his birth, he resided mostly in Śrāvastī. All sentient beings cherish the land of their birth. As a verse says: 'All debate masters / cherish the doctrines they know; / like people yearning for their birthplace, / though gone forth, they still dispute.' To repay the debt of gratitude to the land of the dharmakāya, he resided mostly in Rājagṛha. All Buddhas love the dharmakāya, as a verse says: 'The Buddhas of past, future, and present / all make offerings to Dharma masters with reverence and honor.'"