大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 63.17

63.17

Regarding the commentary's "the fourth major division: the section on their fruits": the sūtra has already been pointed out previously, so it is not repeated here. It begins from "Disciples of the Buddha, when a bodhisattva resides in this ground of Radiant Wisdom, all views of self..." and so on. In general, there are only two fruits: the first opens into two, and the latter opens into four, thereby making six fruits. However, there are two approaches: 1. discriminating according to practice and abandonment, hence it says "among the two, the first is the fruit of leaving hindrances, the second is the fruit of accomplishing virtues." 2. Discriminating against what precedes, hence it says "the former arises from guarding against afflictions, the latter arises from guarding against the Hīnayāna." In the explanation following the text, it matches all six fruits individually to what precedes. Now, the first is guarding against afflictions: because through cultivating the branches of the path as antidotal practice one departs from afflictions, and because nirvāṇa is revealed, karma also perishes accordingly. The first constitutes two fruits.