華嚴經探玄記 5.20

5.20

The first [set of] verses is divided into two: first, recounting the events of this assembly; second, three [verses] resolving doubts. In the former, the first two recount the events of the "Chapter on Ascending to the Heavens"; the next three recount the marks of gathering at this place; the next two recount the events concluding with universal pervading, within which it first explains the reason and then reveals its marks. Second, resolving latent doubts. The doubt says: "The Buddha's fruition is sovereign, so a single body can attend all assemblies without obstruction, beyond the reach of thought. A bodhisattva is a person in the causal [stage], limited and deficient; for what reason can they also be all-pervasive like this?" In the resolution, there are three [points]: first, the initial aspiration of mind is deep; second, the cultivation of practice is deep; third, the accomplishment of virtues is deep; therefore, they can pervade like the Buddha.