華嚴經探玄記 5.70

5.70

First, explaining the title: original enlightenment perfumes within, and the great mind initially arises; therefore it is said "generating the mind." When practice is accomplished and the stage is established, one is called a "bodhisattva." The merits transcend distant kalpas, and the virtues are as vast as dust and sand; therefore it says "merits." This clarifies that the merits of the bodhisattva who first generates the mind are what is analyzed here. To distinguish from the two vehicles it says "bodhisattva"; to distinguish from the concluding mind it says "first generates." This clarifies the merits subsumed by the generation of the mind, rather than analyzing the characteristics of generating the mind; therefore it is taken as the title.