華嚴經內章門等雜孔目章 3.88

3.88

The dense forest has five meanings: 1. possessing the dharma of nirvāṇa, meaning from the spiritual lineage onward; lacking the dharma of nirvāṇa, meaning in the stage of the icchantika; 2. good practice and evil practice; 3. goodness in the evil destinies; 4. non-Buddhists and śrāvakas; 5. distinctions among bodhisattvas, namely nominal bodhisattvas. In the text, the eight wrong paths are wrong view, wrong intention, wrong expedient, wrong mindfulness, wrong concentration, wrong speech, wrong action, and wrong livelihood. Arising without obtaining the correct means, they are therefore called wrong. The eight right paths are the reversal of the eight wrong paths, which constitutes the eight right paths. For dharmas such as the three categories: if in the Hīnayāna teaching, their meaning is real; in the initial teaching, they are empty; in the final teaching, they are Thusness; if viewed by the Ekayāna, they enter the Ekayāna. The rest of the meanings are as in the other chapters.