華嚴經探玄記 5.19

5.19

Third, in the verse praises, the ten bodhisattvas constitute ten sections: the first one is general, and the latter nine are specific. Because he is the host who preaches the Dharma, he is named Dharmamati (Dharma Wisdom); therefore, he generally recounts the origin and development of this assembly to reveal the Buddha's virtues. The subsequent [bodhisattvas] all praise the differentiated virtues on the basis of this general explanation. Therefore, the general and the specific are unobstructed; there is only the single dharmadhātu-kāya of the Tathāgata, within which it is either principle as phenomena, teaching as meaning, cause as fruition, person as Dharma, or mind as realm, perfectly interpenetrating and sovereign, with the entire essence completely encompassing all. These are precisely the teachings within the ten abidings; the subsequent verses should be understood in accordance with this idea.