華嚴經探玄記 8.35

8.35

Second, explaining its fruits below comprises two parts: first, the fruits of practice, and second, the fruits of the stages. The former has ten phrases: the first three are due to the dedicatory practice of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas of the three times; fourth, obtaining the correct teaching; fifth, fulfilling the correct Dharma, meaning the Dharma of realization; sixth, equal spheres, meaning sentient beings as the sphere of compassion; seventh, sharing the same roots of good; eighth, equal dwellings, meaning the ground of great compassion is the dwelling, which the treatise calls 'brahma-dwellings'; ninth, sharing the same sphere, meaning the ultimate truth; tenth, being without contradiction and the like, not obstructing the plural. The explanation above is concluded. From 'Disciples of the Buddha' onward, the title is concluded. The practice of the stage is concluded. Second, explaining the fruits of the stages, wherein there are twelve phrases, obtaining two kinds of fruits: 1. presently accomplished fruits; 2. fruits of transformative rebirth. The presently accomplished also has two: first, the fruit of steadfast practice; second, the fruit of supreme practice. The first two phrases indicate these two fruits, and from 'all mārās' onward it explains and clarifies the first fruit. Second, from 'universally manifesting' onward, three phrases explain the fruit of supreme practice: 1. supremacy of vast practice; 2. supremacy of skillful transformation; 3. supremacy of departing from defilement. Second, from 'mahāsattva' onward, six phrases clarify the fruits of transformative rebirth, which also has two: first, externally obtaining the fruit of a retinue, meaning an indestructible retinue; second, internally obtaining the fruit of accomplished virtues, which has five phrases: 1. the virtue of becoming a vessel of the Dharma; 2. the virtue of profound practice; 3. the virtue of complete cause; 4. the virtue of fruitional function; 5. the virtue of unimpeded cause and effect.