大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 27.33

27.33

疏「菩薩之父故首明之」者，即《智論》文。論云「菩薩以般若波羅蜜為母，般舟三昧為父。」般舟即念佛，此翻為佛立三昧。良以念佛即真涉事，與方便同，故得稱父。又念佛成佛，是親種故。言「乃至十地不離念佛」者，十地之中皆云「一切所作不離念佛念法念僧」等。上辯先明所以，後「無邊海藏」下牒釋別名。於中，先牒經略釋、後「然略有三」下別示其相。三義中，一定見多佛、二佛有多德，此二並就所念名無邊藏。三「無邊勝德」下，約能念名藏，於中三：初聰明；次「何者」下，徵釋，略舉三身；後「障無不滅」下，經歎。故賢護結中廣列諸德以徵其因，佛答皆從念佛而生。「一言蔽諸」者，即《論語》。「子曰：詩三百，一言以蔽諸，曰思無邪。」謂歸於正也。念一佛號亦名一言，直取一言只一佛字，故自四祖唯稱佛言。

Regarding the commentary's "as the father of bodhisattvas, it is explained first": this is from the text of the Dazhidulun. The treatise states: "A bodhisattva takes the prajñāpāramitā as mother and the pratyutpanna-samādhi as father." "Pratyutpanna" is the recollection of the Buddha (buddhānusmṛti); here it is translated as the "samādhi of the Buddha standing [before one]." Because recollecting the Buddha enters into concrete phenomena through the real and is the same as upāya, it is able to be called the father. Furthermore, recollecting the Buddha results in becoming a Buddha; thus it is the direct seed. As for "up to the tenth ground, not departing from recollecting the Buddha": in all of the ten grounds it is stated that "in all actions, one does not depart from recollecting the Buddha, recollecting the Dharma, recollecting the Saṅgha," and so forth. Above, the reason for explaining it first was clarified; next, from "the boundless ocean-treasury" onward, the commentary repeats and explains the distinctive names. In this, it first cites the sūtra and briefly explains it, and then from "yet there are briefly three" onward, it separately demonstrates its characteristics. Among the three meanings: first, definitely seeing many Buddhas; second, the Buddhas have many virtues; both of these are called the "boundless treasury" in terms of what is recollected. Third, from "boundless supreme virtues" onward, it is called a "treasury" in terms of that which recollected; within this there are three: first, intelligence; next, from "what are they?" onward, it inquires and explains, briefly presenting the three bodies; finally, from "there are no hindrances that are not eradicated" onward, the sūtra praises it. Therefore, at the conclusion, Bhadrapāla extensively enumerates various virtues to inquire into their cause, and the Buddha answers that they all arise from recollecting the Buddha. Regarding "a single phrase covers it": this is from the Analects: "The Master said: 'The three hundred poems [of the Odes] can be covered by a single phrase: "have no depraved thoughts."'" It means returning to correctness. Reciting the name of a single Buddha is also called "a single phrase"; taking the single phrase straightforwardly, it is just the single character "Buddha." Therefore, from the Fourth Patriarch onward, they exclusively recited the word "Buddha."