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大乘起信論廣釋卷第三.四.五 4.97

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[Treatise:] The secondary fruit in which it abides [also has immeasurable adornments, manifesting according to responsiveness; it is boundless, inexhaustible, and free of demarcations; relying on what is responded to, it constantly abides,] without being destroyed or lost. [Commentary:] Revealing the secondary retribution, 'secondary fruit' means the pure land on which one relies. Because the primary retribution that relies upon it is boundless, the secondary fruit in which it abides also has immeasurable great […] king of flowers, assemblies of [bodhisattvas], and so on, fully possessed; all the superior perfections of the pure land are complete. Therefore it further says 'manifold adornments.' Whatever is manifested is all tathatā. Manifesting without limits is stated as 'boundless.' Having no ultimate end is stated as 'inexhaustible.' Mutually interfused without obstruction is stated as 'free of demarcations.' Whatever marks are felt in accordance with their karmic practices, what responds is ever-abiding—unlike a transformed land where what is manifested is genuinely destroyed by the three calamities and lost to evil persons. Therefore it says: 'relying on what is responded to, it constantly abides,' and so forth.

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