新華嚴經論 23.8

23.8

The eighth assembly takes place in the Universal Light Hall to expound the 'Ten Concentrations' and the 'Chapter on the Manifestation of the Tathāgata,' clarifying that the culmination of the Buddha's manifestation and progressive cultivation of the path does not depart from the fundamental place; it clarifies that one does not depart from the single wisdom of universal light in order to advance in cultivation. The mention of 'ascending to the heavens' represents spiritual advancement in the Dharma; fundamentally, one never departs from the dwelling of original concentration of the single great wisdom of universal light. This clarifies that although one cultivates and advances, when practice is perfected, one fundamentally does not move from the universal light's great function within the originally immovable wisdom.