觀音玄義記 3.24

3.24

四、「次明」下，明普不普，二：初、凡漸不普。二、圓門是普，二：初、約法直示。三千之法即空假中，乃以所通而為能通。門外無理，能所泯亡，此之妙門普義成就。二、「復次」下，引經委釋，二：初、眾經圓門，二：初、別示四門，三：初、約二經一往屬空，二：初、引《淨名》。不專引文，已含釋義。彼經文云「善意菩薩云：『生死涅槃為二。若見生死性則無生死，無縛無解、不然不滅。如是解者，是為入不二法門。』」彼疏釋云「生死是縛是然，涅槃是解是滅，為二。今觀生死性本來常寂，本自不縛何所論脫？又亦不然，豈應是滅？既無然滅，不復有二，是為入不二門。」

Fourth, under "Next, clarifying...", he clarifies the universal and the non-universal, in two parts: first, the ordinary and gradual are not universal; second, the Perfect gate is universal, which has two parts: first, directly indicating it in terms of phenomena. The phenomena of the three thousand realms are precisely emptiness, the provisional, and the middle; thus what is penetrated serves as that which penetrates. Outside the gate there is no principle; subject and object are obliterated; thus the meaning of "universal" in this marvelous gate is established. Second, under "Furthermore...", he cites sūtras to explain in detail, which has two parts: first, the Perfect gates of the various sūtras, which has two parts: first, distinctly indicating the four gates, in three parts: first, in terms of two sūtras provisionally categorized under emptiness, in two parts: first, he cites the Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa. He does not solely cite the text, as the cited passage already contains the explanatory meaning. That sūtra's text states: "Bodhisattva Śāntimati said: 'Saṃsāra and nirvāṇa are dual. If one perceives the nature of saṃsāra, then there is no saṃsāra, neither bondage nor liberation, neither burning nor extinguishing. One who understands in this way enters the gate of the non-dual Dharma.'" The commentary on that sūtra explains: "Saṃsāra is bondage and burning; nirvāṇa is liberation and extinguishing: these constitute duality. Now contemplating the nature of saṃsāra as originally constantly tranquil: originally being unfree from bondage, what talk could there be of release? Moreover, it also does not burn; how could it be extinguished? Since there is neither burning nor extinguishing, duality no longer exists; this is entering the non-dual gate."