新華嚴經論 37.24

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第二推德昇進中，「如諸菩薩摩訶薩」已下至「辭退而去」有十行經，約立五門：一推德昇進；二示善知識所在，云在閻浮提摩竭提國菩提場中；三舉善知識地神名安住；四勸詣彼問；五禮敬辭去。隨文釋義者，問曰：何故不云南方，云閻浮提摩竭提國菩提場中有地神名安住者？答曰：此同十住中第十灌頂住，迴彼解脫入於生死，令隨智大慈悲饒益眾生悉圓滿故。但云閻浮提，無別偏求，此以等法界迴向法故。又菩提場主地神，是總攝義故，十地倣此樣式。摩竭提國者，前已釋也。菩提場主地神者，以前明天神主智圓滿，此云地神主慈悲圓滿，表地能荷負萬有長養眾生故。以表慈悲處下生諸法門，育載荷負眾生皆令離生死苦故，以地神表之。亦明地神是此位菩薩主持，即是此號地神也，明大悲厚載萬物。菩提場中者，此位會菩提理智慈悲五法為一皆圓滿故。名安住神者，於此五法齊圓，無所傾動故。

Second, within the gate of attributing virtues and advancing, from "Like all bodhisattva-mahāsattvas" down to "bid farewell and departed" there are ten lines of sūtra text, which approximately establish five gates: first, attributing virtues and advancing; second, pointing out the location of the spiritual friend, saying that it is in the bodhimaṇḍa in the country of Magadha in Jambudvīpa; third, adducing the earth spirit spiritual friend named Sthāvarā (Anzhu); fourth, exhorting him to go there and inquire; fifth, paying homage and bidding farewell. In explaining the meaning according to the text: Question: Why does it not mention the south, but says that in the bodhimaṇḍa in the country of Magadha in Jambudvīpa there is an earth spirit named Sthāvarā? Answer: This is identical to the tenth abode of consecration among the ten abodes, returning that liberation into saṃsāra so that, following wisdom, great compassion benefits sentient beings, all in complete perfection. Mentioning only Jambudvīpa without seeking any particular direction is because this is the dedication of equality with the dharmadhātu. Furthermore, the earth spirit who presides over the bodhimaṇḍa has the meaning of totally gathering together, and the ten grounds follow this pattern. "The country of Magadha" has already been explained previously. "The earth spirit who presides over the bodhimaṇḍa": because previously it was explained that the celestial spirit presides over the perfection of wisdom, here it is said that the earth spirit presides over the perfection of compassion, symbolizing that the earth can bear all things and nourish sentient beings. To symbolize that compassion stays below to generate all Dharma gates, nurturing and bearing sentient beings so as to cause them all to leave the suffering of birth and death, it is symbolized by the earth spirit. It also indicates that the earth spirit is what the bodhisattva of this stage presides over, which is why it is called an earth spirit, showing that great compassion thickly sustains all things. "In the bodhimaṇḍa": because in this stage the five dharmas of bodhi's principle, wisdom, and compassion are unified into one, all being completely fulfilled. Being named the spirit Sthāvarā ("Secure Abiding"): because one is equally complete in these five dharmas, with nothing that wavers.