大方廣佛華嚴經疏 4.5

4.5

Fourth, regarding the outline of folding and layering front to back: The single text is divided into two: the first nine assemblies are the root assemblies and are also the Buddha's assemblies, because the Buddha is the host; from Mañjuśrī to the east of the Blessed City onward are all branch assemblies and are also bodhisattva assemblies, because the various spiritual friends are the hosts of the assemblies. Second, within the former, there are also two: the first eight assemblies clarify the understanding and practice to be accomplished, and the latter one reveals the dharmadhātu to be realized. Third, within the former there are again two: the first seven assemblies clarify cultivating and accomplishing practices by traversing the stations, and the latter one clarifies the practice of perfect interpenetration that is all-pervading. Fourth, within the former there are again two: the first clarifies cause and effect generated by cultivation, and the latter two chapters from 'Samantabhadra' clarify cause and effect revealed by cultivation. Fifth, within the former there are again two: the first clarifies the causes generated by cultivation, and the latter three chapters such as 'Inconceivable Dharma' clarify the fruits generated by cultivation. Sixth, within the former there are again two: the first four clarify causal practices within the stations, and the latter six chapters from the 'Ten Concentrations' clarify practices beyond the stations. Seventh, within the former there are again two: the first clarifies comparative practices prior to the stages, and the latter, the single assembly of the sixth [assembly], clarifies the realized practices of the ten stages. Eighth, within the former there are also two: the first clarifies the practice of the ten faiths prior to the stations, and the latter three assemblies from the third assembly onward clarify the practices of the three grades of worthies who have entered the stations. Ninth, within the former there are also two: the first clarifies the Dharma of the fruit of buddhahood to be believed, and the latter three chapters from the 'Chapter on Inquiries for Clarification' clarify the practices of the bodhisattvas capable of relying and believing. Tenth, within the former there are again two: the first assembly clarifies the Buddha's dependent fruitional recompense, and the latter three chapters from 'Name' clarify the Buddha's primary fruitional recompense.