法苑珠林 52.48

52.48

如金剛三昧不壞不滅。經云。佛告彌勒菩薩。我今為汝說菩薩所行功德地法。初地菩薩猶如初月光明未顯。然其明相皆悉具足。二地菩薩如五日月。三地菩薩如八日月。四地菩薩如九日月。五地菩薩如十日月。六地菩薩如十一日月。七地菩薩如十二日月。八地菩薩如十三日月。九地菩薩如十四日月。十地菩薩如十五日月圓滿可觀明相具足。其心澹泊安住不動。不沒不退。住首楞嚴三昧。又無性攝論釋云。謂於初地達法界時。遍能通達一切地者。若於初地正通達時。速能通達後一切地。此種類故。如有頌曰。

As the Jingang sanmei buhuai bumie jing states: The Buddha told the Bodhisattva Maitreya: "I now preach for you the dharmas of the grounds of merit practiced by bodhisattvas. A bodhisattva of the first ground is like the new moon: its light has not yet become manifest, yet the aspects of its brightness are fully complete. A bodhisattva of the second ground is like the moon on the fifth day. A bodhisattva of the third ground is like the moon on the eighth day. A bodhisattva of the fourth ground is like the moon on the ninth day. A bodhisattva of the fifth ground is like the moon on the tenth day. A bodhisattva of the sixth ground is like the moon on the eleventh day. A bodhisattva of the seventh ground is like the moon on the twelfth day. A bodhisattva of the eighth ground is like the moon on the thirteenth day. A bodhisattva of the ninth ground is like the moon on the fourteenth day. A bodhisattva of the tenth ground is like the moon on the fifteenth day: perfectly round, lovely to behold, its bright aspects fully complete. Their mind is tranquil, abiding firmly and unshakeably, neither submerging nor retrogressing, abiding in the śūraṅgama-samādhi." Furthermore, the commentary on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha by Asvabhāva states: "It means that when penetrating the dharmadhātu at the first ground, one is capable of completely penetrating all grounds; if one correctly penetrates at the first ground, one is swiftly able to penetrate all subsequent grounds, because it is of this kind." As a verse says: