華嚴經探玄記 8.36

8.36

In the second part, the verses, there are fifty-one gāthās, divided into three: first, three verses versify the essence of the practice dedicated; second, from 'that which was done' onward, forty-four verses versify the vast dedication, omitting the profound dedication; third, from 'all of the past' onward, four verses versify the fruits accomplished by dedication. Within the second group of forty-four, the first verse versifies the culmination of Samantabhadra's causal stage; the remaining verses versify the completion of cause and fulfillment of fruit, wherein first, the verse 'innumerable multitudes of beings in the world' versifies the subtle wisdom knowing the world; the next verse versifies the subtle wisdom knowing the destinies of sentient beings; the next verse versifies the wisdom knowing world-systems; the next verse versifies the wisdom knowing minds; the next verse versifies the wisdom knowing faculties; the next verse versifies the wisdom knowing karma; the next three verses versify the wisdom of entering kalpas and knowing the delusion and conceit of the three times, and so on. Next, from 'All Tathāgatas in the worlds of the ten directions' onward, twenty-seven verses versify the great function of the full accomplishment of the bodhisattva's practice and stages, wherein the first is a general verse; the next verse is dwelling in Tuṣita heaven; the next verse is entering the womb, which being subtle, fully possesses the eight phases within the womb; the next two verses are initial birth; the next four verses are the seven steps, displaying a smile, testing the roar, and emitting light, each being one verse as can be understood; the next verse is being in the palace and leaving household life; the next five verses are sitting at the bodhimaṇḍa, subduing Māra, and attaining awakening; the next five verses are turning the dharmacakra; the next three verses are parinirvāṇa, and also revealing the unhindered mastery manifested in other destinies; the next one wraps up this bodhisattva's dedication of roots of good; the next three verses versify the deportment of practice that dedicates toward the great fruit. The functions of the stages above are concluded. Next, from 'numbered and unnumbered' onward, four verses versify entering kalpas and realms along with the practices undertaken; the next two verses versify generating wisdom without remainder; the next verse versifies the subtle wisdom regarding the nature of sentient beings. In the four verses below on the division of its fruits, the first two verses are the fruits of practice, and the latter two are the fruits of the stages, as can be understood.