大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 69.49

69.49

Regarding the commentary's statement, "The treatise says: In that practice, the causes for gathering merits are superior": "that practice" is the practice of the anutpatti-kṣānti; because there is the practice of kṣānti, the Buddha grants wisdom. Both of these are causes, and these causes are both superior; hence they are able to gather merits. Precisely because granting wisdom enables the gathering of merits, the commentary and treatise only take granting wisdom as the cause, and tracing back the cause of attaining wisdom, it is further due to attaining kṣānti.