華嚴經探玄記 17.15

17.15

二分行位者，謂二千是行實稱位、位攬行成、位虛行實。亦有四義：一束行成位，束此二千分成六位。二總屬位收，以行並是位中行故。三總屬行攝，以普賢行體不依位故，唯有自分勝進即為究竟。四一行遍六位、一位該二千，如是無礙而不壞前後，故是普賢行也。

Second, concerning dividing the stages of practice: this means that the two thousand are the real practices called stages; the stages grasp the practices to be formed, so the stages are nominal while the practices are real. There are also four senses: First, gathering practices to form stages: gathering these two thousand and dividing them into six stages. Second, altogether subsumed under stages: because the practices are all practices within the stages. Third, altogether encompassed by practices: because the essence of Samantabhadra's practices does not depend on stages, and having only self-portion and superior progress is itself the ultimate. Fourth, a single practice pervades the six stages, and a single stage covers the two thousand; being thus unhindered without destroying earlier and later, this is the practice of Samantabhadra.