金剛經纂要刊定記 1.78

1.78

"How could one tally with tathatā?": "How" means what; "tally" means to accord with. "Tathatā" is the original true nature beyond the aforementioned threefold emptiness. The two kinds of emptiness destroy attachments; once attachments are destroyed, emptiness is clarified; and when the affliction of emptiness is also emptied, only then does one tally with the original true nature. The meaning is: if one does not first discard discarding, one will be stranded in existence or stranded in emptiness, so how could one tally with the original nature of tathatā? Furthermore, this phrasing follows the imperial commentary's preface, which states: "All return to the purport of discarding discarding, and completely enter the marvel of tathatā."