本業瓔珞經疏 1.7

1.7

Above, the essential theme has already been opened and light emitted, summoning the great assembly of one billion four hundred million nayutas from the Sahā world all to gather at this adamantine cessation bodhimaṇḍa tree assembly. Now, it explains that since the great assembly has gathered, [the Buddha] intends to expound the roots of the worthies and nobles; thus, he first establishes designations and names for the forty-two persons, setting them out side by side in both Indic and Chinese, briefly opening the names of the forty-two persons. Although there are forty-two persons, subsuming them under the five forbearances leaves none unincluded. As for the five forbearances: first, subduing forbearance encompasses the thirty persons prior to the grounds; second, faith forbearance includes the three persons of the first, second, and third grounds; third, compliant forbearance includes the three persons of the fourth, fifth, and sixth grounds; fourth, anutpattika-dharma-kṣānti includes the three persons of the seventh, eighth, and ninth grounds; fifth, cessation forbearance includes the three persons of the tenth ground, the immaculate ground, and the wondrous enlightenment ground; together there are forty-two persons. They are also fully subsumed by the six lineages. The stages of the six lineages are: ten persons in the lineage of practice, ten persons in the lineage of nature, ten persons in the lineage of the path, ten persons in the lineage of the noble, one person in the lineage of equal enlightenment, and one person in the lineage of wondrous enlightenment—totaling forty-two persons. When it now says 'worthies and nobles', the thirty persons prior to the grounds are only worthies and not nobles; the single ground of wondrous enlightenment is only noble and not a worthy; the eleven grounds in between are both worthies and nobles. Now, these names of the forty-two worthies and nobles are briefly opened, and hence this serves as the chapter title.