華嚴經探玄記 5.36

5.36

In the first [part], why he enters samādhi has six reasons: 1. because this samādhi is the essence of the teaching; 2. to show that without realization it is not spoken; 3. to show that this teaching is not an object of conceptual deliberation; 4. to examine the faculties and assess the medicine; 5. in order to receive the Buddha's empowerment; 6. in order to show that all buddhas preach the same. In the text there are four: 1. distinguishing the person who enters samādhi. Why did Dharma Wisdom enter it? Because he is the head of the assembly; if others entered it, it would disrupt the assembly's taming; and to show that the ten abodes can be spoken by Dharma Wisdom. 2. Showing that it is not by his own power. 3. Clarifying the samādhi attained: to distinguish it from the buddha-fruit it says "bodhisattva"; because the contemplative understanding is skillful it says "upāya", which is the teaching of the abodes. Because the upāyas have many modes it says "immeasurable", which refers to the ten kinds. 4. Taking the teaching into the mind, hence it says "correct attainment" (samāpatti).