新華嚴經論 17.8

17.8

第八真實慧菩薩，四義如前。一明菩薩名者，以此第八童真住中行願波羅蜜，以真實智慧不謬誤眾生故。二明世界名者，世界名阿盧那華，此云紅蓮華。此華赤白分明，是其紅色為此位。是第八住智增位，明以大智隨願行悲，令智悲圓滿，如紅蓮華赤白分明，白表智、赤表悲故。世界名紅蓮華，表隨真智處生死而無染，如蓮華處水，赤白開敷而可觀故。三明佛號星宿月者，為此位真智朗明，知根器而了差別故。佛號為星宿月，表了眾生差別根性分明也。四明所從來方者，是西北方，為乾、為父、為堅剛、為天、為圓，白淨能現，眾色咸處其中。以是義故，菩薩名真實慧，世界名紅蓮華，佛號星宿月。總明大智圓明，能現眾生根器差別，如天現像品物分明。此當善財第八善知識仙人毘目瞿沙，此云出聲可畏。明真智圓明，出語眾邪可畏。仙人者，為表此位智增無染故，又表得智同邪見故。

The eighth, the Bodhisattva Tattvamati (Zhenshi hui): the four points are as before. First, explaining the bodhisattva's name: because within this eighth abode of the innocent youth one practices the praṇidhāna-pāramitā, using real wisdom so as not to mislead sentient beings. Second, explaining the name of the world: the world is named Aruṇapuṣpa, translated here as the red lotus. This flower has distinct red and white hues; its red color represents this stage. This is the stage of increasing wisdom of the eighth abode, illustrating that with great wisdom one practices compassion in accord with vows, causing wisdom and compassion to be consummate, just as the red lotus has distinct red and white, white representing wisdom and red representing compassion. The world is named the Red Lotus to symbolize that in accord with true wisdom one abides in saṃsāra without defilement, just as the lotus abides in water, opening forth red and white, fair to behold. Third, explaining that the Buddha is named Nakṣatracandra (Constellation Moon): in this stage true wisdom is radiant, knowing faculties and discerning differences; the Buddha is named Nakṣatracandra to symbolize penetrating clearly the diverse faculties and natures of sentient beings. Fourth, explaining the direction from which he comes: it is the northwest, corresponding to Qian, to the father, to hardness, to heaven, and to roundness, pure white and able to manifest, with all colors dwelling within it. For these reasons, the bodhisattva is named Tattvamati, the world is named the Red Lotus, and the Buddha is named Nakṣatracandra, altogether illustrating that great wisdom is consummate and bright, able to manifest the diverse faculties of sentient beings, just as heaven manifests appearances and all kinds of things clearly. This corresponds to Sudhana's eighth spiritual friend, the ṛṣi Bhiṣmottaranirghoṣa, which translates as 'Utterance Inspiring Awe', illustrating that true wisdom is consummate and bright, and when words are uttered, all deviant views are awestruck. He is a ṛṣi to symbolize that in this stage wisdom increases without defilement, and also to symbolize that attaining wisdom accords with [the external form of] deviant views.