華嚴經探玄記 4.17

4.17

二牒問內佛出是牒前七八二問。阿耨菩提牒前示成正覺，或佛出牒示成正覺；七八二問略不牒。阿耨菩提是通結，餘句同前可知。總標初句不思議者，貫通諸句，故結云皆不思議。不思議者，此中大意於一味法界義分為二：一能隨之土海、二所隨之機緣，此二無二通融無礙。若以緣從體，即當相圓融無別可別，言說不及也。若以體從緣，即復印成差別緣起。約此殊形緣起，反顯土體妙極難思，是其意也。由此義故，不思之義有於三種：一寄緣之詮，反顯土體絕緣之義，此即言在緣中、意居緣外，故云不思議也。二既約緣顯土，以緣起塵算故，令土體從緣印成差別，此即明土無別之別、別而不別，故不思議也。三緣無別緣，以體即緣，是故差別緣起即是甚深土海，此謂理至近而難識，故不思議也（思之）。

Second, repeating the questions: within this, "the Buddha's appearance" repeats the earlier seventh and eighth questions. "Anuttara-bodhi" repeats the earlier "demonstrating the attainment of samyaksaṃbuddha," or "the Buddha's appearance" repeats "demonstrating the attainment of samyaksaṃbuddha," while the seventh and eighth questions are abbreviated and not repeated. "Anuttara-bodhi" is a general conclusion; the remaining phrases are identical to the preceding and can be known. In the general thesis, the initial phrase "inconceivable" runs through all the phrases; hence it concludes by saying, "all are inconceivable." "Inconceivable": the main idea here is that within the single-flavor dharmadhātu, the meaning is divided into two: first, the sea of lands that can accord; second, the conditions of the faculties that are accorded with. These two are non-dual, interpenetrating, and unobstructed. If one reduces conditions to the essence, then in its immediate characteristics it is perfectly interpenetrating, with nothing distinct that can be distinguished, beyond the reach of verbal explanation. If one reduces the essence to conditions, it again prints and forms diverse dependent origination. In terms of this diverse dependent origination, it inversely reveals that the essence of the land is exceedingly wondrous and difficult to conceive—this is its meaning. Due to this meaning, the sense of "inconceivable" has three kinds: 1. using the signifier of conditions to inversely reveal the meaning of the land's essence transcending conditions; here, the words reside within conditions, but the intention abides outside conditions; hence it is called inconceivable. 2. Since the land is revealed in terms of conditions, because of the dust-mote calculations of dependent origination, the land's essence is stamped by conditions into distinctions; this explains the land's non-distinct distinction, distinct yet non-distinct; hence it is inconceivable. 3. Conditions have no separate conditions, because the essence is identical to conditions; therefore, diverse dependent origination is itself the profound sea of lands. This means that the principle is extremely near yet difficult to recognize; hence it is inconceivable (reflect upon this).