菩薩瓔珞本業經 2.3

2.3

佛告敬首菩薩：「汝先言義相云何者，所謂十住、十行、十向、十地、無垢地、妙覺地義相，今當說。佛子！是金剛海藏瓔珞經中釋賢聖相義，義出體。體者，菩薩體。義名功德。如是二法，一切菩薩為體、為義，故名體義。

The Buddha said to Śraddhāpradāna Bodhisattva: "What you previously asked regarding the meaning and marks—namely, the meaning and marks of the ten abodes, ten practices, ten dedications, ten grounds, the Stainless Ground, and the Ground of Wondrous Enlightenment—shall now be explained. O Son of the Buddha! In this Vajra-Ocean Treasury Adornment Sūtra, which explains the meaning and marks of the worthy and noble ones, the meaning emerges from the essence. 'Essence' means the essence of the bodhisattva; 'meaning' is named merit. These two dharmas serve as the essence and the meaning for all bodhisattvas; hence it is called 'essence and meaning.'