大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 35.47

35.47

Regarding the commentary's: "The first three verses clarify the ten abodes," and so forth, it clarifies that all stages contain principles and meanings, all being like the present chapter. It only says "predominance is the non-retrogressing abode": because previously, with a correct mind, one was unmoved merely upon hearing praise or slander, whereas now, upon hearing of non-existence, the benefit and harm are even deeper yet one's mind does not retrogress; hence it is 'predominant'. The rest is as in the text below, which may be investigated. However, all conceal the names of the stages and retain the practices within them, being combined or expanded, abbreviated or extensive, and not entirely sequential, because the intention is to clarify that the gate of faith of perfect interpenetration immediately possesses them all at once. This is also like the chapter "Transcending the World," where the six stages are possessed simultaneously, and also where the two thousand practices are accomplished at once, because each stage is cultivated simultaneously. If one proceeds strictly sequentially, one only grasps one fraction of the meaning of graded arrangement.