華嚴經探玄記 9.4

9.4

初釋名，亦二：先釋會名者，他化天會，約處為名，謂他化作樂具，自得受用，顯非己力，表入地所證真如非由緣造故名也。二品名者，此品名有四種：一別譯本名漸備一切智德經、二下文名集一切智智法門品，此二就功能立名，謂十地因行能集生一切佛智德，然十德漸增故云漸備。三更別譯一本名十住經、四此中名十地，此二約義帶數受稱，謂十是一周圓數、地是就義約喻為名，謂生成佛智住持故也。餘釋總別名等，下本分中辨。

First, explaining the names also has two: First, explaining the name of the assembly: The Assembly in the Heaven of Paranirmitavaśavartin is named according to the place. This means that others manifest objects of pleasure while one enjoys them oneself, revealing that it is not through one's own power; it signifies that the true suchness realized upon entering the bhūmis is not created by conditions, hence it is so named. Second, regarding the chapter title: this chapter has four names: 1. A separate translation is titled 'Sūtra on the Gradual Preparation of All Gnosis and Virtue'; 2. below in the text it is called 'Chapter on the Dharma-Door of Gathering the Gnosis of All Gnosis'—these two establish their names in terms of function, meaning that the causal practices of the ten bhūmis can gather and generate all the gnosis and virtues of the Buddha, yet as the ten virtues gradually increase, it is called 'gradually preparing'. 3. Still another separate translation is titled 'Daśabhūmika Sūtra' (Ten Abidings Sūtra); 4. here it is titled 'Ten Bhūmis'—these two receive their names in terms of meaning while bearing numbers, where 'ten' is the complete number of a cycle, and 'bhūmi' takes its name in terms of meaning based on metaphor, signifying the generation and sustaining of buddha-gnosis. The remaining explanations of the general and specific names and so forth will be distinguished below in the section on the text proper.