大般涅槃經義記 8.30

8.30

Within the differentiation there are eight, as explained in the Bodhisattvabhūmi: faith in the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha constitutes three; faith in the power of the supernormal abilities of buddhas and bodhisattvas, combined with the former, makes four; faith in causes and fruits, combined with the former, makes five; faith in the real meaning, combined with the former, makes seven—meaning faith that bodhi has great beneficial meaning; faith in obtaining expedient means, combined with the former, makes eight—meaning faith in the path cultivated and studied by bodhisattvas. What is explained here is broadly the same as that Bodhisattvabhūmi with minor differences: "faith in the Three Jewels" is its first three; "giving has karmic reward" is its fifth; "faith in cause, faith in fruit, faith in the two truths" is its sixth; "faith in the real meaning"—faith that the path of the One Vehicle is divided into three for the sake of sentient beings—is omitted there; it could also be that these words are precisely the faith in the power of the supernormal abilities of buddhas and bodhisattvas there, as dividing the one into three is mastery in preaching, which is also called supernormal power; "faith in the ultimate truth" is its seventh, faith in obtaining meaning—the supreme bodhi is the utmost among beneficial meanings and is called the ultimate truth, not the meaning of principle, as the meaning of principle is subsumed under the aforementioned two truths; "faith in wholesome expedient means" is its eighth, obtaining expedient means.