仁王護國般若經疏 4.2

4.2

From "Furthermore, the bodhisattva of the patience of faith" downward is the second part, clarifying the patience of faith. The text has four parts. Now the first states the names and correlates them with the stages. As for "patience of faith," it is named faith because of uncontaminated faith in the Three Jewels and so forth. As for "practicing within clarity, penetration, and goodness," this correlates them with the stages: as the lower sūtra text says, "The bodhisattva of the first ground of good awakening realizes the twofold emptiness of persons and dharmas, hence it is called good awakening." Penetration refers to "separated penetration": this means the bodhisattva of the second ground separates from the defilement of breaking moral discipline and penetrates the principles of the ultimate and conventional, hence it is called separated penetration. Clarity refers to "clear wisdom": this means that for the bodhisattva of the third ground, the radiance of wisdom illuminates all dharmas, hence it is called clear wisdom. The provisional person of the five aggregates practicing within these is called "practicing within"; the lower sūtra text says "practitioner of the path"—here, one who accomplishes the path is called a practitioner. From "severing the three realms" downward is the second part, clarifying abandoning hindrances. Because the afflictions of form are coarse, they are severed in these three grounds, and so forth. From "able to transform a hundred buddhas[' lands]" downward is the third part, clarifying gathering and transforming. The three graded differences correspond to the three grounds, which is easy to understand.