新華嚴經論 11.20

11.20

三釋名配行者，一羅睺羅阿脩羅王者，明十迴向中檀波羅蜜門故。此迴向中十波羅蜜，以事表法中取阿脩羅，明此十向純以大悲十願以為十度之體。無自求益之心，以彼脩羅所居徹下，其身處海，徹上出身之半，總明託事表法令易解故。用彰此位，純以大智大悲大願，徹真俗為體。如羅睺羅者，此云能障，明此位菩薩以大悲心入生死趣，顯大法空，障諸惡趣故。二毘摩質多羅阿脩羅王者，明檀波羅蜜中戒波羅蜜。毘摩質多羅者，此云響高，明以大悲大願音聲，誓度三界六道故，以悲願為戒體。王者，自在義故，處苦海中沈浮自在故。三巧幻術阿脩羅王者，明忍波羅蜜。此位菩薩雖居生死大海，常得如幻忍故。四大眷屬阿脩羅王者，主精進波羅蜜，明以萬行攝眾生遍故。五大力阿脩羅王者，明以法性大禪定力，在苦海而無苦故。六遍照阿脩羅王者，明慧光攝化眾生遍故。七堅固行妙莊嚴阿脩羅王者，明大悲方便為嚴故。八廣大因慧阿脩羅王者，以智慧增明，以本願利生為因。為在第八位中得智增明，皆須念初發心時大願為因故，令度眾生故。九出現勝德阿脩羅王者，明法師位成力波羅蜜。十妙好音聲阿脩羅王者，明智位成就妙音，善說法故。

Third, 'explaining the names and matching them to practices': 1. The asura king Rāhula illuminates the gate of the perfection of giving among the ten dedications of merit. For the ten perfections within this dedication of merit, taking the asuras in symbolizing the Dharma through phenomena illuminates that these ten dedications purely take the ten vows of great compassion as the essence of the ten perfections. Free from any thought of seeking self-benefit, because those asuras dwell reaching to the bottom, while their bodies in the ocean reach upward with half their bodies emerging, this comprehensively illustrates lodging the Dharma in phenomena to make it easy to understand. It is used to reveal that this stage purely takes great wisdom, great compassion, and great vows, penetrating the ultimate and conventional, as its essence. As for Rāhula, which means 'able to obstruct,' it illuminates that the bodhisattvas of this stage enter the destinies of saṃsāra with a mind of great compassion, revealing the great emptiness of dharmas to obstruct all evil destinies. 2. The asura king Vemacitrin illuminates the perfection of morality within the perfection of giving. Vemacitrin means 'loud sound,' illuminating that with the sound of great compassion and great vows, one vows to deliver the three realms and six destinies; hence compassion and vows are the essence of the precepts. 'King' signifies mastery; hence one floats and sinks in the ocean of suffering with mastery. 3. The asura king Skillful Illusion illuminates the perfection of patience; although dwelling in the great ocean of saṃsāra, the bodhisattvas of this stage constantly attain illusion-like patience. 4. The asura king Great Retinue presides over the perfection of vigor, illuminating that they encompass sentient beings everywhere through the myriad practices. 5. The asura king Great Power illuminates that through the power of the great meditative absorption of the Dharma-nature, they are in the ocean of suffering without suffering. 6. The asura king Shining Everywhere illuminates that the light of wisdom encompasses and transforms sentient beings everywhere. 7. The asura king Firm Practice and Wondrous Adornment illuminates that great compassion and expedient means serve as the adornment. 8. The asura king Vast Causal Wisdom takes the cause as benefiting sentient beings through fundamental vows as wisdom increases in brightness. Because in the eighth stage wisdom increases in brightness, one must always be mindful of the great vow at the time of initial aspiration as the cause, in order to deliver sentient beings. 9. The asura king Manifesting Superior Virtues illuminates the perfection of power accomplished in the stage of a Dharma master. 10. The asura king Wondrously Fine Sound illuminates the wondrous sound accomplished in the stage of wisdom, skillfully explaining the Dharma.