仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 3.306

3.306

Explanation: Whenever one is about to ascend the bhūmi, there are preliminary auspicious signs, as the Suvarṇaprabhāsa, fascicle four, says: 'The Buddha addressed the Bodhisattva Siṃhalakṣaṇāpratihata-prabhā-jvāla: "Good son, when this sign of a first-bhūmi bodhisattva appears, first there appear in the trichiliocosm immeasurable and boundless various jewel treasuries, all filled to overflowing, which the bodhisattva sees completely."' This is identical to the text on the ten bhūmis in fascicle 115 of the Mahāratnakūṭa; these are the preliminary signs. 'Joyous stage' means that upon first realizing the supramundane mind, one now obtains for the first time what was never obtained before, generating extreme joy. As for the term 'stage' (bhūmi), conditioned and unconditioned virtues constitute its intrinsic nature, as explained earlier. 'Transcends the stage of foolish persons': 'foolish' refers to ordinary fools, with ignorance as their ground. Uncontaminated [cognition] severs it, hence it says 'transcends'. 'Born into the family of the Tathāgata': Asvabhāva's Commentary on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha says: 'The dharmadhātu of the buddhas is named the family of the Tathāgata; because one realizes and converges with this, it is called being born, for one initially generates the noble embryo and continues the lineage of the buddhas.' As the Daśabhūmika Sūtra says: 'Crossing beyond the stage of ordinary beings, entering the position of a bodhisattva, being born into the family of the buddha, of noble lineage.' 'Abides in equal kṣānti': the real has neither high nor low, hence it is called 'equal'. Correct cognition realizes and converges with it, which is abiding in kṣānti. Next, the second [part] clarifies the thusness realized.