大方廣佛華嚴經疏 25.12

25.12

Second, from "wisdom" onwards explains approaching the signless Dharma, which is contemplating the Tathāgata's virtue of being most purely able to enter the tathatā that lacks the two signs of existence and non-existence. Asvabhāva says: "It is explained next in order to clarify the virtue of eradication. Because [the Buddha] does not abide in the marks of saṃsāra or nirvāṇa, this is non-abiding nirvāṇa. The signless Dharma is none other than pure tathatā. 'Approaching' means entering into: because this tathatā takes the non-nature of all phenomena as its sign, it is not having signs; its essence is none other than the consummate nature, and because its own characteristic exists, it is not non-existent. These two are not separated from one another; hence it is called 'lacking the two signs'. It is supreme among all phenomena, hence called 'most supreme'. Far removed from adventitious defilements, it is called 'pure'. Since one is able to enter it oneself and also cause others to enter it, it is 'most pure'. Entering oneself, one does not abide in saṃsāra; causing others to enter, one does not abide in nirvāṇa." In the text, it first explains entering oneself, and afterwards explains causing others to enter. Here in the first, it first explains not abiding in saṃsāra: wisdom accords with the realm of tathatā, and neither can be exhausted. Incomparable samādhi causes wisdom to arise, and also causes tathatā to emerge from the two obstacles. Second, from "his body" onwards explains not abiding in nirvāṇa: great compassion of identical essence universally abides in the bodies of beings, because the nature of the mind's tathatā pervades each and every being. Second, from "causing immeasurable" onwards differentiates causing others to enter: first, great compassion subtly perfuses them; second, great wisdom teaches them, causing them to see the Tathāgata-nature within their own bodies and accomplish all-knowledge. Not severing the spiritual gotra is the meaning of 'entering'; this function being eternally tranquil is called nirvāṇa.