新譯華嚴經七處九會頌釋章 1.49

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Question: In the fifth stage, ultimate and conventional are contemplated together; hence it is named Difficult to Conquer. Why does the 'Chapter on Bodhisattva Transformation' in the Humane King Sūtra say: 'The Bodhisattva of Excellent Awakening, king of the four heavens, equally illuminates the path of equality of the two truths; provisionally transforming sentient beings, he travels through one hundred lands, newly ascending to the signless path of the One Vehicle'? This passage states that the bodhisattva of the first stage illuminates the path of equality of the two truths. How can such conflicting passages be reconciled?
Answer: Dual illumination has two senses: first, dual illumination sequentially; second, dual illumination simultaneously. It is now in terms of the second sense that it is named Difficult to Conquer; therefore, there is no error.