大方廣佛華嚴經疏 57.61

57.61

Fifth is the pariṇāmanā of the inexhaustible treasury of merits. The good friend named Vasumitrā is translated here as "friend of the world" or "friend of devas," because she transforms beings in accordance with worldly humans and devas by expedient means. The country named Danger and Difficulty is because contrary practice is not the [ordinary] path, which lower stations cannot practice. The city named Jewel Adornment is because by contrarily according with worldly actions, she can produce the inexhaustible treasury of merits. First is proceeding to seek in accordance with instructions, which has two [parts]: first, accomplishing benefit in accordance with instructions, which means that through hearing the radiance of all-knowledge, by contemplating and cultivating to enter into it, he attains two kinds of benefit: (1) the benefit of seeing the true dharmatā, due to the aforementioned true wisdom; (2) from "attained the understanding" downward, he attains the benefit of provisional wisdom, due to the aforementioned differentiating wisdom that exhausts the three times. Second, from "gradually" downward he proceeds to seek the subsequent station, within which there are four: (1) wholeheartedly searching. (2) From "In the city" downward, those of shallow understanding give rise to doubts, because contrary practice is difficult to comprehend. The reason [Sudhana] himself does not doubt is that lust accords with compassion, and its obstruction to practice is weak, unlike the previous two [defilements]. Furthermore, because he had already subdued them in the previous two [stations], he does not doubt here. (3) From "Among them were people who previously knew" downward, those of deep wisdom praise and instruct, first praising, and afterward, from "Good son, Vasumitrā" downward, instructing on her location. A marketplace is noisy and bustling. The north governs extinction. Her own dwelling is ultimate emptiness and quiescence, meaning that she practices dhyāna while in desire, remaining constantly quiescent while abiding in noise; hence she is to the north of the marketplace, and so forth. (4) From "At that time Sudhana" downward, he goes there in accordance with instructions.