華嚴經探玄記 5.67

5.67

From here below, the second part clarifies contemplation through knowledge of reality as it is. Within it are six: 1. interrogating the time upon which the pure life relies, meaning that the three times are all empty. First a general contemplation, and later specific explanations: this present dharma has no substance that could abide, and therefore does not flow into the past time; again, because it has no substance, nothing can continue to flow into the future time; again, because the past has perished into nonexistence, there is no entity that could continuously flow into the present; again, because the future has no substance, there is no dharma that could arise and reach the present. One should know that the moments before and after are also like this. 2. Interrogating the substance of the pure life. 3. Interrogating the locus of the pure life, asking: among the ten dharmas above, which is the pure life? Where does the pure life reside? 4. Interrogating the agent of the pure life. 5. Interrogating with reference to existence and nonexistence. 6. Interrogating with reference to the five aggregates.