華嚴經探玄記 13.72

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第七遠行地者，釋有三：一約功用後邊，《攝大乘》云「至功用行最後邊故。」世親釋云「謂此地中於功用行得至究竟，雖一切相不能動搖，而於無相猶名有行。」二約二義。《解深密》云「能遠證入無缺無間無相作意，與清淨地共相隣接，故名遠行。」解云：無缺無間遠於前六、隣接淨地、近後第八。三約三義。《成唯識論》至無相住功用後邊，出過世間二乘道故，故名遠行地。此同《十地論》。《金光明》云「無流無間無相思惟解脫三昧，遠修行故，是地清淨無障無礙，名遠行地。」《莊嚴論》云「菩薩於七地中近一乘道，名為遠行。問：誰是遠去？答：功用方便究竟，此遠能去，由此遠去故名遠行地。」《十住論》云「去三界遠，近法王位，故名身遠地。」《仁王經》名遠達地。

Regarding the seventh, Far-Reaching Bhūmi (dūraṅgamā-bhūmi), there are three explanations: First, in terms of the culmination of effort, the Mahāyānasaṃgraha says: “Because one reaches the ultimate limit of practice with effort.” Vasubandhu’s commentary explains: “It means that in this bhūmi, regarding practice with effort, one reaches culmination; although all marks cannot shake one, regarding marklessness it is still called having practice.” Second, in terms of two meanings, the Saṃdhinirmocana says: “Because one can remotely realize and enter into markless mental application that is flawless and uninterrupted, and borders adjacent to the pure bhūmi, it is called ‘Far-Reaching’.” The explanation says: being flawless and uninterrupted is distant from the prior six; bordering adjacent to the pure bhūmi is near to the subsequent eighth. Third, in terms of three meanings, the Cheng weishi lun says: reaching markless abiding at the culmination of effort, and transcending the worldly path and that of the two vehicles, it is therefore called the Far-Reaching Bhūmi. This agrees with the Daśabhūmika-śāstra. The Suvarṇaprabhāsa says: “Because one remotely practices the liberation-samādhi of outflow-free, uninterrupted, markless thinking, this bhūmi is pure, unhindered, and unobstructed, and is called the Far-Reaching Bhūmi.” The Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra says: “The bodhisattva in the seventh bhūmi nears the path of the One Vehicle, which is called ‘far-reaching’. Question: What is going far? Answer: The upāya of effort reaches culmination; this can go far, and because of this going far, it is called the Far-Reaching Bhūmi.” The Shizhu lun says: “Distant from the three realms, near the position of the Dharma King, it is therefore called the bhūmi of body-distance.” The Benevolent King Sūtra names it the Bhūmi of Far-Reaching Attainment.