華嚴一乘教義分齊章 3.29

3.29

Eleventh, within this bodhisattva stage, in order to clarify the distinction between the two stages of mastery and non-mastery: from the seventh bhūmi downwards, it provisionally assigns the extinction of defilements of form and mind in the three realms along with their retributions; from the eighth bhūmi onward, it provisionally assigns the extinction of the ignorance of the two traces of form and mind. Therefore, the Benye jing says: 'From the seventh bhūmi downwards, the retributions of the two traces of form and mind in the three realms are extinguished without remainder; on the eighth bhūmi, the ignorance of form-traces is exhausted; on the ninth bhūmi, the ignorance of mind-traces has been eliminated; on the tenth bhūmi, the ignorance of the two traces is exhausted completely.'