華嚴經探玄記 1.57

1.57

Second, the gate of comprehensively subsuming the signified: this not only grasps the signifier teaching as before, but also gradually and comprehensively grasps the meaning of the signified, because both are dharmas that are known and understood. Fascicle 81 of the *Yogācārabhūmi* states: "The essence of all sūtras is twofold in brief: first, the text; second, the meaning. The text is the basis, and the meaning is that which is based. These two together are called the realm of all that is known." The explanation says: this is because the meaning is revealed by relying upon the text.