大方廣佛華嚴經搜玄分齊通智方軌 1.52

1.52

Fourth, dividing the text and interpreting it. This text is divided into three: first, briefly listing the names of the truths of the trichiliocosm in this world; second, listing the four truths of the trichiliocosms in the ten directions; third, from "Sons of the Buddha, just as in this Sahā" downward, broadly explaining the boundless realms. In general, the four truths are of two kinds: created and uncreated. Here the text is general, but the intention is solely the uncreated, which is real and not false. Question: Why are rules established not by relying on one truth, but by relying on four truths? In order to provide an objective realm of seeing and hearing universally to the people of the three vehicles below, establishing the conditions for subsequently giving rise to faith and entering the path. Furthermore, it may also be that this encompasses both the created and uncreated, because this is the common teaching of the ekayāna: the created of the ekayāna is empty, while the uncreated of the ekayāna is not empty; this should be contemplated. The reason why Mañjuśrī expounds it is that wondrous wisdom expertly penetrates emptiness and reality. The meaning of the four noble truths is finished.