新華嚴經論 12.6

12.6

Seventh, there are further immeasurable Ābhāsvara deva kings, illustrating the Ground of Far-Reaching Practice. As in this second dhyāna heaven, the first dhyāna eliminates sorrow, and the second dhyāna eliminates suffering. This illustrates that for a bodhisattva of this stage on the seventh ground, all practices have been completed, great compassion is perfected, and the four means of embracing, four immeasurables, ten pāramitās, and thirty-seven factors of awakening are constantly active. Personal suffering is already gone, and they constantly liberate others from suffering; both the defiled and pure obstacles are overcome at this stage. It is like genuine gold adorned with a variety of wondrous jewels becoming ever more superior, illustrating that with the dharmakāya as the substance of the gold, the myriad practices of compassion and wisdom fully perfected serve as the various wondrous jewels mutually adorning it; constantly using the net of practice and the light of teaching to universally transform all sentient beings, they therefore resemble this heaven in having already eliminated sorrow and suffering. Because the mind is pure, when they speak, light is emitted from their mouths, illustrating that the light of teaching of a bodhisattva of this stage destroys darkness. Here there are ten great Ābhāsvara devas, illustrating the ten pāramitās within the skillful means pāramitā; each can be understood by correlating it to the meaning of its name. The body of a deva here is two yojanas tall, their lifespan is two kalpas, and the disaster of water reaches this heaven.