大方廣佛華嚴經疏 49.47

49.47

Third, the correlation also has two sections: first, it correlates the great sūtra hidden in the atom. Being 'immeasurable and unobstructed, universally able to benefit' correlates with what was written above about many matters. The bodies of sentient beings and their deluded thoughts both correlate with the dirt and dust. Later, from 'At that time the Tathāgata' onward, it correlates with bringing forth the sūtra to benefit beings. 'The Tathāgata' correlates with the aforementioned 'one person'; 'the eye of wisdom' correlates with 'the divine eye'. Thus we know that sentient beings do not believe they equally possess Buddha-wisdom; if their eye of wisdom has not yet opened, what is there to wonder at? Furthermore, sūtras such as the *Tathāgatagarbha-sūtra* speak of nine kinds of metaphors to illustrate the tathāgatagarbha: like a blue lotus in muddy water, which before emerging from the muddy water no one values; also like a poor woman carrying a noble fetus; like an invaluable jewel wrapped in filthy garments; like a maṇi jewel fallen into a deep latrine; like a pure gold statue covered with tattered clothes; like the flower of an āmra tree whose fruit has not yet matured; also like a grain of rice inside the husks; like gold within ore, or like a statue inside a mould—all of these carry the meaning that the Buddha's body is present within the dust, which is largely identical to this.