大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 77.39

77.39

Regarding the Commentary's statement: 'The Tathāgata's ten bodies indicate the person and reveal the virtues': the text of the Commentary has four parts: 1. explaining the names, 2. distinguishing the categories, 3. identifying the essence, and 4. distinguishing the causes. According to the Tanxuan [ji], under the principal doctrine, the chapter on the Buddha's marks has eight gates of distinction: 1. explaining the names, 2. essential nature, 3. categories, 4. identifying the causes, 5. accumulation and completion, 6. time of cultivation, 7. establishment, and 8. activity and function. The present four gates already contain their essentials.