百界

The ten realms each of ten divisions, so called by the Tiantai school, i. e. of hells, ghosts, animals, (sa) asuras, men, (sa) devas, (sa) śrāvakas, (sa) pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas, and Buddhas. Each of the hundred has ten qualities, making in all [lang id =1028]百界千如 the thousand qualities of the hundred realms; this 1, 000 being multiplied by the three of past, present, future, there are 3, 000; to behold these 3, 000 in an instant is called [lang id =1028]一念三千 ([lang id =1028]一念三千之觀法) and the sphere envisaged is the [lang id =1028]百界千如.

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地獄、 餓鬼、 畜生、 修羅、 人間、 天上、 聲聞、 緣覺、 菩薩、 佛等十界， 每界各具十界， 乘之便是百界。