新華嚴經論 17.7

17.7

The seventh bodhisattva is named Mati (Zhihui); the four points are as before. First, explaining that the bodhisattva is named Mati: this seventh abode of non-retrogression is the gate of perfecting great loving-kindness and compassion; only when wisdom is perfected can one follow convention and skillfully enter saṃsāra, hence the name. Second, the world is named Manorama-puṣpa (Pleasing Flower) because, possessing wisdom, one remains in saṃsāra, according with the six destinies to benefit beings through shared endeavors; knowing their faculties and pleasing worldly ways, one causes them all to attain entry into the joy of the Dharma without sorrow, hence the name Manorama-puṣpa. Third, the Buddha is named Anuttaracandra (Unsurpassed Moon), illustrating that among all practices loving-kindness and compassion come foremost; because saving and benefiting sentient beings is the most supreme, he is named Anuttaracandra. Fourth, the direction from which he comes is the southwest, which is the Kun trigram, representing faithfulness and compliance, the mother, the earth, and the multitude. It illustrates that the upāya-pāramitā takes great compassion as its mother, entering into the ground of saṃsāra of all sentient beings, sharing in the benefits of all sentient beings to teach and transform them, causing them to faithfully comply and enter the correct Dharma. Therefore, the bodhisattva is named Mati, the world is named Manorama-puṣpa, and the Buddha is named Anuttaracandra. This corresponds to Sudhana's seventh spiritual friend, the upāsikā Āśā, which translates as 'Fulfilled Vow', because through the practice of great loving-kindness and compassion she fulfills the vows of sentient beings. This resembles this direction's southwest possessing the meaning of the mother, symbolizing the position of compassion.