法界圖記叢髓錄 2.69

2.69

The Commentary on the Good Friend Samantabhadra states: In the text of the first [vow], paying homage to all Buddhas, there are three sections: the first sets forth the names, [showing that] based on reverence of mind, one moves body and speech to pay universal homage, thereby eliminating the obstacle of arrogance and giving rise to the wholesome root of reverent faith. Tripiṭaka Master Ratnamati taught seven kinds of homage; now they are expanded to ten: 1. Homage of arrogance, going up and down like a pestle without a reverent mind. 2. Homage of chanting in unison, raising one's voice loudly and chaotically with garbled phrases. These two are improper etiquette. 3. Homage of reverence, with five limbs touching the ground and holding the feet with deep sincerity. 4. Homage of signlessness, deeply entering dharmatā and being free from the marks of that which pays and that to which homage is paid. 5. Homage of giving rise to function, where although there is neither that which pays nor that to which homage is paid, one universally moves body and mind, paying homage to that which cannot be paid homage to, pervading everywhere like shadows. 6. Homage of internal contemplation, paying homage only to the true Buddha of the dharmakāya within one's own body, not seeking outward. 7. Homage of the true mark, where whether internal or external, it is the same single true mark. 8. Homage of great compassion, universally substituting for sentient beings with each and every bow. 9. Homage of universal gathering, gathering the previous six approaches into one contemplation. 10. Inexhaustible homage, entering the realm of Indra's net, where both Buddha and homage are endless, layer upon layer.