大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 63.6

63.6

Regarding the commentary's phrase "seventh: the eightfold noble [path]": the text of the commentary has seven parts: 1. explaining the intention according to category, 2. explaining the names, 3. identifying the essence, 4. explaining the text, 5. distinguishing the fruit, 6. categorical subsumption, 7. provisional and real. Now, for the first: "according to category" means that among the seven categories, it is called the path arising after clear realization (abhisamaya). "Explaining the intention" means in order to sever the various delusions of the path of cultivation. It completely encompasses the focal objects among the five gates of the Abhidharmasamuccaya. Thus that treatise says: "The focal object of the eightfold noble [path] means the suchness-nature of the four noble truths at a later time. Because the focal realm after the path of seeing takes the suchness-nature of the truths previously seen as its essence." Explanation: this is the meaning of "arising after clear realization" in the commentary's text.