大方廣佛華嚴經疏 53.20

53.20

Second, the nineteen gates from 'dwelling in Tuṣita' onward clarify the practice of the consummation of fruit and function. Showing the fruit and function mostly in terms of the eight phases clarifies that these are the fruit of Samantabhadra's great function, and are not explained with respect to the realm of actual reward in the pure land. Furthermore, this reveals that the actual reward is ineffable, and also reveals that the eight phases penetrate both cause and fruit. Expanded, they are divided into ten: first, one gate on dwelling in heaven; second, one gate on showing demise; third, one gate on entering the womb; fourth, one gate on dwelling in the womb; fifth, three gates on initial birth; sixth, two gates on household life; seventh, two gates on renunciation; eighth, five gates on attaining the Way; ninth, two gates on turning the wheel of the Dharma; tenth, one gate on entering nirvāṇa. Combining the first two gates into the third yields the eight phases.