大方廣佛華嚴經疏 7.25

7.25

In the verses, the ten gāthās proceed in sequence. In the third, space has four meanings that encompass the five dharmas: first, being free from the arising of the grasper is the cutting off of false conceptualization; second, being free from the marks of the grasped is [being without] marks and without names; third, the object lacking intrinsic nature is tathatā; fourth, the mind attaining nothing is right wisdom. Deluded about suchness, names and marks are formed, and false conceptualization arises; awakened to the source of names and marks, the attachment to suchness is reversed to become wisdom. Outside of suchness there is no wisdom; the essence of wisdom is itself suchness. These two are like space, quiescence and illumination being unobstructed. Seeing the Buddha in this way is called auspicious. In the fourth, both the prose and the list say "peacefully abiding"; now it says "round light." The round light signifies wisdom, and peacefully abiding signifies samādhi; these two things support each other and are mentioned interchangeably before and after, both being able to eliminate obstructions, without contradiction in principle. In the sixth, regarding the "ocean of birth-and-death," fascicle seventy of the Yogācārabhūmi states: "Five dharmas resemble birth-and-death so that it obtains the name of a great ocean: first, because its extent is boundless; second, because it is extremely deep; third, because it is difficult to cross; fourth, because it cannot be drunk; fifth, because it is the locus of great jewels." The commentary explains: due to the first four meanings, sentient beings transmigrate; due to the fifth meaning, bodhisattvas enter it—this is spoken in terms of a partial analogy. Fascicle ninety states: "Due to three aspects, it is not like an ocean of water: first, the intrinsic natures differ—the fraction meant by an ocean of water is solely a part of form; second, the sinking differs—it is solely humans and animals, and solely the drowning of the body; third, the transcendence differs—even those who have not severed desire can cross it." For the ocean of birth-and-death, the reverse of the above may be reflected upon. The remaining seven verses can be understood.