大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 35.59

35.59

On the commentary's "If according to the Zhancha jing...": Next is citing separate texts to answer. That is to say, in the Zhancha jing, there are four ways of attaining Buddhahood: First is the fulfillment of faith, which corresponds directly to the present text; the other three are just brought up in passing. Second is attaining Buddhahood through the fulfillment of understanding, which is the same as the conferral of the stage of abhiseka in the Mahāsaṃnipāta mentioned earlier. Third is the fulfillment of realization: the initial realization is called the fulfillment of realization, hence it says "the ground of the purified mind," which is the first bhūmi. Fourth is the culmination of the bodhisattva bhūmis, which is after the tenth bhūmi. The Awakening of Faith says: "When the bodhisattva bhūmis are exhausted, one awakens to the initial arising of mind. The mind is devoid of an initial characteristic; because one has left subtle thoughts far behind, one attains seeing the mind-nature. The mind is constantly abiding, which is called ultimate awakening"—this is it.