大方廣佛華嚴經疏 59.16

59.16

Fourth, regarding the laywoman Bhadrottamā, the good friend of illusory wisdom without reliance: the first two parts are readily understood. Third, from “Bhadrottamā replied” onwards, conferring her teaching has two parts: first, attaining liberation, and second, attaining samādhi. Now first, directly taking the sūtra text, freedom from reliance internally and externally is itself the bodhimaṇḍa. Xianshou says: “The Sanskrit name is Anālayamaṇḍala. An means 'without' or 'not'. Ālaya means 'place of reliance' or 'basis'. Maṇḍala means 'bodhimaṇḍa' or 'circular enclosure'. It means that there is no place of reliance on the defiled aspect of the ālaya, but there is the circular enclosure of the pure aspect, giving rise to superior virtues that can never be exhausted; this is the ultimate transformation of the basis, manifesting inexhaustible virtues.” The next two lines are the functions of benefiting self and other. Second, attaining samādhi: first the name, and then from “not those...” onwards the function, which explains the name. Within this, first it eliminates confusions; then from “because it can...” onwards it reveals what is correct, meaning that in essence it transcends both exhaustible and inexhaustible, but from its function of giving rise it is spoken of as inexhaustible. Thus the two gates complement each other: the bodhimaṇḍa without reliance is the empty tathāgatagarbha, and the inexhaustible samādhi is the non-empty. Only when the mind is without reliance and tallies with fundamental emptiness can one see that the non-empty possesses inherent virtues; hence it says 'gives rise'. When the eye and others of the nature of wisdom cease delusion, they manifest; hence it says 'gives rise'. Arising does not mean it was originally absent; it is still called the nature of wisdom. Directing him to the next, mentioning 'fertile field' (Rūpavān/Uruvelā): this is because southern India near water is moist and fertile, revealing that the concentration water of non-thought can nourish and grow. The elder is named Muktasāra (Firm Liberation); unattached purity cannot be destroyed by afflictions, which is liberation.