法華玄論 3.104

3.104

Answer: This meaning is secondarily present. The Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa, explaining the "Skillful Means Chapter," says that "prajñā being the seed" is the primary cause, and "the five perfections and so forth being water" are the conditioning causes, which can produce the fruit-tree of bodhi. Moreover, the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā already contains the meaning of clarifying Buddha-nature, and also contains the meaning of the conditioning and primary causes. In the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra, clarifying that sentient beings possess Buddha-nature is the primary cause, and the myriad practices and so forth are the conditioning causes. In the Avataṃsaka, the passage on the arising of the true nature of reality says: "Within a single particle of dust there is a scroll of scripture, and within this scroll of scripture all things are extensively explained." This is precisely sentient beings having Buddha-nature within their bodies. "Breaking the particle of dust to bring forth the scroll of scripture" is eliminating afflictions to see the Buddha-nature. Since Buddha-nature is the primary cause, the cultivation by bodhisattvas of the thirty minds, the ten grounds, and so forth is the conditioning cause.