新華嚴經論 22.9

22.9

第二釋品來意者，為明已說地前三十心竟，以十迴向方法和會理智大悲及廣興大願竟此十地。但依前法則以積行蘊修，令使功成滿前智願，令使大悲深厚功畢，以是此品須來。是故善財以九箇夜神皆是女天，以表慈悲故，一箇佛為太子時妻號曰瞿波，以表十地慈悲法喜以悅一切眾生。以此十地是蘊積慈悲滿前智願故，以此十地之初歡喜地得願求一切佛法心故，如後地中所說故。又以三十七箇菩薩俱名為藏，亦表此十地俱依地前之法，以三十七助菩提分法助成地前志樂智悲大願令行滿故，含容眾德成滿無功諸佛德門，名之為藏故。一箇菩薩獨名解脫月，是三十七箇助菩提行中得法清涼之果故。一一皆有所表，思之可解。是故以此〈十地品〉成就地前志樂智悲大願令功畢故，此品須來。

Second, explaining the reason for this chapter's occurrence: It clarifies that the thirty minds prior to the grounds have already been expounded, and through the method of the ten dedications of merit, principle and wisdom, great compassion, and the vast raising of great vows have already been integrated. These ten grounds merely rely on the previous rules to accumulate practices and amass cultivation, bringing their efficacy to completion and fulfilling the previous wisdom and vows, and bringing their great compassion to profound maturity and consummation; for this reason, this chapter must follow. Therefore, Sudhana meets nine night goddesses who are all female divinities to symbolize loving-kindness and compassion, and one who was the Buddha's wife when he was crown prince, named Gopā, to symbolize the joy of the Dharma of loving-kindness and compassion in the ten grounds that gladdens all sentient beings. Because these ten grounds accumulate loving-kindness and compassion to fulfill the previous wisdom and vows, at the beginning of these ten grounds, the Joyous Ground, one attains the mind that aspires to and seeks all Buddha-dharmas, as is taught in the subsequent grounds. Furthermore, that thirty-seven bodhisattvas are all named "Garbha" (Treasury) also symbolizes that these ten grounds all rely on the teaching prior to the grounds, using the thirty-seven factors conducive to awakening to assist and fulfill the aspiration, wisdom, compassion, and great vows prior to the grounds so that practice is consummated, and because containing all virtues to accomplish and fulfill the effortless virtue-gates of all Buddhas is called "Treasury". One bodhisattva alone is named Vimukticandra (Liberation Moon), representing the fruit of attaining the coolness of the Dharma among the thirty-seven practices conducive to awakening. Each has its symbolic representation, which can be understood by contemplation. Therefore, because this Chapter on the Ten Grounds brings to completion and consummates the aspiration, wisdom, compassion, and great vows prior to the grounds, this chapter must follow.