大方廣佛華嚴經疏 57.13

57.13

Second, from 'Seeing him in the forest' downwards, seeing, paying homage, and inquiring: first seeing, next paying homage, and then inquiring. In seeing, there are three: First, seeing the superior marks of his body. Seeing him in the forest is because it is the beginning of practice. Possessing marks identical to a buddha's is because cultivating in accord with what was taught conforms to the fruit of buddhahood. Therein, the seven places being flat and full refers to the two hands, two feet, two shoulders, and the neck. Saying that his body is extraordinarily wondrous like a Śuddhāvāsa deva: according to the Jin translation of the sūtra, this is the mark of a lion-like upper body. Being upright and straight above and below like a nyagrodha tree: according to the Jin translation of the sūtra, it says that his body is round and full like a nyagrodha tree; thus this is only a single mark. Saying 'all the marks and secondary characteristics': since only fourteen were listed above, this generally concludes them. Eyes that do not blink and a round halo of one fathom are another two marks; altogether sixteen are listed, and the rest will be explained at Gopā's section. Second, from 'Wisdom' downwards explains the marks of his mind. That is, the joint operation of śamatha and vipaśyanā: if calm is excessive, one sinks; if wisdom is excessive, one becomes excited; neither sinking nor excited, then right absorption appears before one; neither wise nor foolish, then one mutually accords with the middle way. Stirring a thought of calm and insight both become movement and change; double negation and further dismissal have not yet departed from conceptual proliferation; although śamatha and vipaśyanā operate jointly, having no mind in quiescence and illumination means that everything is quelled. To tread the path walked by the Tathāgata, wherever one treads is itself a Dharma door. Third, from 'Immeasurable' downwards explains his attendants; it is not without symbolic meaning for the Dharma, but fearing prolixity I do not explain it. Homage and inquiry can be understood.