新華嚴經論 18.5

18.5

First, explaining the chapter's title: This chapter follows upon the clarification of the Dharma gates of the preceding five chapters—the Chapter on Ascending to the Peak of Mount Sumeru, the Chapter of Praises in Verses, the Chapter on the Ten Abodes, the Chapter on Brahmacarya, and the Chapter on the Merit of First Generating the Thought—after which one generates the mind of bodhi and obtains vast merit. The dharmas inquired about by Viryaprabhā have two meanings: first, causing the mind to become clearer regarding the dharmas of the preceding five chapters; second, causing the dharmas to be practiced later to become ever more distinct and clear. Hence it is called the 'Chapter on Clarifying the Dharma', because it clarifies advancing through preceding and subsequent dharmas. Viryaprabhā Bodhisattva makes the request, and Dharmamati Bodhisattva says that all great vows will be completely fulfilled and one will obtain the vast treasury of all bodhisattvas. This clarifies causing the dharmas previously attained to become clearer, and causing subsequent advancement to become distinct and clear; it is the orientation toward cultivating the ten practices, nurturing the dharmas of the ten abodes of one's fundamental stage.