華嚴發菩提心章凡例
Avatamsaka Bodhicitta Chapter Guidelines
此章別有異本，而文畫多紕謬，字句頗缺脫，今以梅尾南都諸本隨義參訂改正。筆削非私意也，每值文有大異，繫之鼇頭。《法界義鏡》曰：「香象大師《菩提心章》載法界觀門，以明發心相。」故今章明第四表德中有五門：自第一真空觀至第三周遍含容觀，全舉彼觀文耳也。又如圓超《疏鈔錄》、凝然《華嚴宗要義》、永超《東域傳燈錄》及《高山寺藏目》等，皆標為賢首撰也。世別有題為《華嚴三昧章》者，然其文大同此章。今謂是乃後學誤以今章殘編為《三昧章》者耶？故《探玄記》說十重唯識曰：「上來所明約教就解而說。若就觀、行，亦有十重，如一卷《華嚴三昧》中說云。」然考世所題為《三昧章》者，總無其文，故知彼非其於《探玄記》所指者必矣。
This chapter exists in different versions, with many errors in the text and missing characters and sentences. I have now corrected it by consulting various editions from Mie and Nanto, making revisions based on meaning. These changes are not made arbitrarily. Whenever significant textual variations are encountered, they are noted at the top of the page.
The *Dharma Realm Mirror of Meaning* states: "Master Xiangxiang's *Chapter on the Bodhi Mind* includes the Dharma Realm Contemplation Gate to clarify the manifestation of the enlightened mind." Therefore, this chapter explains the fourth aspect of expressing virtues through five gates: from the first Contemplation of True Emptiness to the third Contemplation of All-Pervading Containment, all of which are taken directly from that contemplation text.
Similarly, works such as Yuanchao's *Commentary and Notes*, Ningran's *Essential Meaning of the Huayan School*, Yongchao's *Eastern Region Transmission of the Lamp Record*, and the *Catalogue of Kōzan-ji Temple* all attribute this text to Master Xianshou. There is also a version in circulation titled *Chapter on Huayan Samadhi*, but its content is largely the same as this chapter. I suspect that later students mistakenly identified this incomplete chapter as the *Samadhi Chapter*.
Thus, the *Investigation of the Profound* explains the ten levels of consciousness-only, stating: "What has been discussed above is based on teachings and understanding. If we consider contemplation and practice, there are also ten levels, as explained in the one-volume *Huayan Samadhi*." However, upon examining the version circulating as the *Samadhi Chapter*, I found that it does not contain this passage. Therefore, it is certain that the version referenced in the *Investigation of the Profound* is not the one currently in circulation.
正德四年納錦綾山曼陀羅院
In the fourth year of the Zhengde era, the Jinling Mountain Mandala Monastery was established.
華嚴發菩提心章
魏國西寺沙門法藏述
Explanation by Dharma Master Fazang of the Western Temple in the State of Wei
發心第一 簡教第二 顯過第三表德第四