大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 48.35

48.35

The Commentary states: "Having great mindfulness, wisdom, and conduct as the path traversed." This is the text of the Buddhabhūmi-sūtra. The statement "'path' is an alternative name for mārga" is that treatise's commentary. That treatise states in full: "This means that herein great mindfulness, great wisdom, and great conduct are that which is traversed, hence called the path traversed, which is an alternative name for mārga. Wisdom arisen from hearing is called great mindfulness, because once heard, it is retained without losing the meaning. Wisdom arisen from reflection is called great wisdom, because by carefully reflecting based on principle, one attains certainty. Wisdom arisen from cultivation is called great conduct, because through the power of practice, one takes the true principle as object. 'Great' means that mindfulness and the rest arise taking the Mahāyāna Dharma as object, being subsumed by it. Treading upon the three wonderful wisdoms, one comes and goes in the pure land; hence it is called the path traversed." This explains that bodhisattvas are able to enter the pure land by means of the three wonderful wisdoms; hence it is called the path traversed. As for the Commentary's "seven mindfulnesses" and so forth, it merely adds mindfulness of sentient beings to the usual six mindfulnesses. As for the Commentary's "above, discerning the Buddha's activity," the Buddhabhūmi-sūtra merely says: "Effecting all benefits and welfare for sentient beings." The treatise first asks: In such a pure land, having perfection of sustenance, what activities does it perform? It then cites the previous sūtra, and the treatise says: "This means that herein it can presently effect all benefits and welfare for all sentient beings, or cause all sentient beings to effect all benefits and welfare for themselves," and so forth. In the present sūtra, the preceding text explained that all Buddhas achieve awakening within it, which is the Buddha's activity. Now it explains that bodhisattvas constantly perform Buddha-works, which is the bodhisattvas' activity. The Commentary's "having great śamatha and wonderful vipaśyanā as the vehicle" is the text of the Buddhabhūmi-sūtra. The treatise's commentary says: "Śamatha means calming, and vipaśyanā means prajñā." The meaning of 'great' is as explained above under great mindfulness, because of taking the Mahāyāna as object; these two operate in equilibrium, hence called a vehicle. Riding śamatha and vipaśyanā, one traverses the aforementioned path in accordance with what is appropriate. The Commentary's "perfection of fearlessness": that sūtra says: "Far removed from all māras." The treatise says: "This means that herein one is far removed from all kleśas, skandhas, death, and devaputra-māras, or causes others to be far removed from the four māras. These four kinds are causes of fear, because they can generate all fears. Herein they do not exist, hence it is called fearlessness." The Commentary's "namely, the perfection of sustenance": that sūtra text says: "Sustained by the joy and bliss of the vast Dharma-flavour." The Commentary is precisely the treatise's commentary. This text is still abridged; in full it says: "This means that herein one is sustained by the joy and bliss of the Mahāyāna Dharma-flavour; food can cause one to abide, and abiding has the meaning of sustaining. Furthermore, it says: within this pure land, the subsequently attained undefiled wisdom of the Buddhas can expound and sustain, experiencing the Mahāyāna Dharma-flavour and generating great joy and bliss. Furthermore, the fundamental wisdom experiences the flavour of tathatā, generating great joy and bliss, able to sustain bodily life without discontinuation or destruction." Nourishing wholesome dharmas, it is therefore called food. This can be known from the text.