大方廣佛華嚴經搜玄分齊通智方軌 2.53

2.53

First, in explaining the name: 'Merit' (guṇa) is the essence of practice. 'Flower Cluster' (puṣpasamuccaya) is a metaphorical name. It praises practice as superior and wondrous, capable of serving as the basis for the fruit, because the manifold practices are gathered together. The assembly of manifold virtues can adorn the fruit of unexcelled bodhi as its cause, which is why 'Bodhisattva' is set forth. 'Ten Practices' refers to the fundamental aspects of the practices of numbers. As the text says, 'Just as the method of counting numbers ten, increasing by one reaches the immeasurable, all are the fundamental number, distinguished on account of wisdom.' The name is derived from these five meanings. Since the preceding assembly has already gathered, it must next be proclaimed; hence it comes next.