梵網經述記卷第一 1.12

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經。一花百億國一國一釋迦　釋曰。第三百億佛。此中百萬為億。若依此經有千葉花。一一花上各有百億國。一四天下以為一國。即有千箇百億。而雜集論言。百俱胝日月。百俱胝蘇彌盧山。為一三千大千世界。同成同壞者。蓋依一花世界而說。理實有一千箇三千大千世界。同壞同成。此據隨化。但言千等。理實一佛化十六界。又由願力說化大千。

Sūtra: "Each flower has ten billion lands, each land has one Śākya..." / Commentary: Third, the ten billion Buddhas. Here, one million is taken as a koti (yi). If we rely on this sūtra, there is a thousand-petaled flower, and on each and every petal there are ten billion lands. Taking one four-continent [world] as one land, there are then a thousand groups of ten billion. However, the Abhidharmasamuccaya states: "A hundred koṭis of suns and moons and a hundred koṭis of Mount Sumerus constitute one great trichiliocosm, which simultaneously forms and simultaneously disintegrates." This was spoken in reliance on the world of a single flower. In ultimate truth, there are a thousand great trichiliocosms that simultaneously disintegrate and simultaneously form. This is said in accordance with adaptation to beings to be transformed, merely speaking of a thousand and so forth. In ultimate truth, a single Buddha transforms sixteen realms; furthermore, by the power of vows, he is said to transform a great trichiliocosm.