華嚴一乘教義分齊章 3.27

3.27

Ninth, within the ten bhūmis, in order to show their particular characteristics, up to the concluding mind of the third bhūmi, both the cultivated defilements and active defilements of the two obscurations are entirely exhausted. From the fourth bhūmi onward, there are only subtle traces. Why? Because the first three bhūmis share characteristics with the mundane world, whereas from the fourth bhūmi onward it is supramundane. Therefore, the passage at the end of the third bhūmi in the Daśabhūmika-sūtra says: 'All bonds of desire become increasingly subtle; all bonds of form become increasingly subtle; all bonds of existence become increasingly subtle; all bonds of ignorance become increasingly subtle; the bonds of views have already been eliminated before.' The Daśabhūmika-śāstra explains: ''All bonds of desire become increasingly subtle' and so forth means that all defilements of the path of cultivation in the desire, form, and formless realms and their causes, together with the traces of ignorance, all become subtle and are departed from. As for 'the bonds of views,' they were already cut off on the path of seeing of the first bhūmi.' The commentary explains: 'And their causes' refers to the seeds of the afflictive obscuration. 'Traces of ignorance' refers to the seeds of the cognitive obscuration. Because the seeds of both obscurations are departed from simultaneously, it says 'together with.' Therefore, one should know that the seeds of the cultivated defilements and active defilements of the two obscurations are all exhausted on this bhūmi. What has been presented above is mostly explained according to the final teaching.