華嚴經明法品內立三寶章 2.63

2.63

The initial has three gates: (1) the gate of renouncing conditions, (2) the gate of following conditions, and (3) the gate of accomplishing practice. The first has six tiers: (1) renouncing the commission of unwholesome karma; (2) renouncing close kin and retinue—if left forth from the household, renouncing disciples and relatives by birth; (3) renouncing fame, praise, gain, and sustenance; (4) renouncing bodily life; (5) renouncing mental thoughts; (6) renouncing this renunciation, causing subject and object to be severed without locus. Second, as for the gate of following conditions, there are four tiers: (1) still following the previous six things while guarding the mind so it is not defiled; (2) toward all tolerable situations, down to the slightest tolerable place, one must perceive and not accept them, not having the slightest defilement; (3) toward all adverse conditions, up to enemies who take one's life, one must guard the mind and joyfully endure them; (4) all practices that are performed must be far removed from artifice, deceit, and falsehood, not allowing them even for a single thought. Third, as for the gate of accomplishing practice: (1) generating the practice of the six pāramitās (detailed individually); (2) the practice of the four immeasurables (detailed individually); (3) the practice of the ten great vows (detailed individually). The practice of vows has two aspects: first, urging all unarisen practices to arise; second, maintaining practices that have already arisen so they do not regress; both, by the power of vows, penetrate the practice of Dharma.