妙法蓮華經玄義 4.209

4.209

The ten stages are the nature of the noble lineage; these are all entries into the noble stages of the four fruits in the distinctive teaching, completely severing ignorance and the distinctive delusions of views and thoughts. The stage of equal enlightenment is the nature of equal enlightenment. Looked at from the perspective of bodhisattvas, it is called the equal enlightenment buddha; looked at from the perspective of the buddha stage, it is called the diamond-mind bodhisattva, and is also called the bodhisattva of the immaculate stage. The stage of wondrous enlightenment is the nature of wondrous enlightenment, which is the ultimate fruit of buddhahood and bodhi, the fruit-fruit of great nirvāṇa.