華嚴經探玄記 13.70

13.70

Second, the passage beginning "The bodhisattva dwelling in the [Stage of] Presence" clarifies the fruition of stage, within which the three fruitions are the same as before. Regarding pliancy, there are three parts: first, pliant practice, inwardly hearing and receiving the true Dharma. As for "practicing as taught," the Treatise Sūtra has "attaining the light of samādhi and wisdom." Explanation: because of attaining the retention of meaning, one is able to practice as taught. "Because of that matter" means because of that matter of retaining meaning, hence this is stated. Relying on superior samādhi one attains śamatha, which is the aforementioned samādhi in accordance with reality. Vipaśyanā is the aforementioned excellence of the light of wisdom. "Having practiced the practice, keeping it in mind" means being able to retain that practice. In what is smelted and purified, the statement "this person […] up to clear and pure" means liberation from those hindrances, explaining what is smelted and purified. "Because of realizing that meaning" explains knowing the treasury of the Buddha's teachings. In explaining the simile, "transcendental wisdom being superior" reveals that the essence of realizing wisdom is pure. "Its light becoming ever more superior" shows the superiority of function to reveal the essence. By the superiority of the light of teaching-wisdom, it reveals that realizing wisdom also increases. "Up to with the wisdom of expedient means" explains the text matching the simile. Unobstructed prajñā is the light of the Buddha's wisdom. Expedient means is the aforementioned wisdom of the non-abiding path. Second, in explaining the purification of teaching-wisdom, the previous bhūmi took the simile of the moon disc and was thus small; this bhūmi takes the simile of moonlight, which is broad and vast, and is therefore superior to the previous one. According with the four torrents is the domain of Māra, hence it says "Māra's path." Being called an evil Māra is that Māra's path. Third, the passage beginning "This is called" concludes the explanation of characteristics. The retribution, vows, and wisdom subsumed may all be understood by analogy to what preceded.