大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 18.6

18.6

Regarding the Commentary's "The text below says, 'The wondrous dharma-tree of the bodhisattva'" and so forth: "and so forth" includes the subsequent text which says, "Faith is the seed, loving-kindness and compassion the roots, / Wisdom serves as the trunk, / Upāya serves as the branches and boughs, / The five perfections form the dense foliage, / Concentration is the leaves, supernormal powers the blossoms, / All-knowledge is the fruit, / The supreme powers are the birds, / Spreading shade to shelter the three realms." Comment: The reason why this fifty-ninth fascicle of the sūtra is cited is to clarify that the symbolic representation of dharmas is based on textual authority and is not a subjective fabrication.