華嚴一乘教義分齊章 3.37

3.37

The above has mostly been explained according to the initial teaching. The gates above are all the Agama gate's provisional assignment of afflictions to inversely reveal the distinctions among stage characteristics. Why is this? It is in order to protect the ten stages; to cause sentient beings to be free from pride and clinging with respect to the ten stages; and because the stage characteristics are extremely profound and difficult to understand, so that by provisionally assigning afflictions to reveal the stages, pure faith might be generated. The remaining points can be understood by inferring accordingly.