大方廣佛華嚴經疏 47.25

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第二「爾時世尊」下加分，中三：初加因，神知機故。次「則以」下顯加相，三業加故。初句總；餘句別，謂意語身，以光即教光故。後「令青蓮華」下加所為，為具說德故。文有八句：一外制無畏；二內證深寂，此意業勝；三威德內充；四神用外徹，此身業勝；五具四無礙，是語業勝；六遍觀機教為廣大；七智性無差為次第；八授記善巧為方便。皆說德也。所以加青蓮華藏者，果德離言，藉因顯故，因果同時故。性德無染，最超勝故，一德具含一切德故。

Second, the section on empowerment, from 'At that time, the Bhagavat' downward, contains three parts: First, the cause of empowerment, knowing the capacities through spiritual [power]. Next, from 'then by means of' downward, revealing the marks of empowerment, because empowerment is through the three karmas. The first sentence is general; the remaining sentences are specific, meaning mind, speech, and body, since light is the light of teaching. Finally, from 'causing Blue Lotus Garbha' downward, the purpose of empowerment, which is to expound the virtues completely. The text has eight phrases: 1) Externally subduing with fearlessness; 2) Internally realizing profound tranquility—this is the superiority of the mental karma; 3) Majestic virtue inwardly abundant; 4) Spiritual function outwardly penetrating—these are the superiority of the bodily karma; 5) Endowed with the four unhindered [knowledges]—this is the superiority of the vocal karma; 6) Universally contemplating capacities and teachings as vast; 7) The nature of wisdom being without distinction as sequential; 8) Skillful conferral of vyākaraṇa as expedient means. All of these are expounding virtues. Why empowering Blue Lotus Garbha? Because fruition virtues are beyond words and rely on the cause to be revealed, and because cause and effect are simultaneous. Because the virtue of nature is undefiled and most supremely transcendent, and because one virtue fully contains all virtues.