[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736) › 1.14 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 1.14 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 1.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.1.14) 疏「窮理盡性徹果該因」者，二有二句，別歎深廣也。理謂理趣，道理廣也。性為法性，心性深也。若窮其理趣，則盡其體性。今此經中，意趣體性皆窮究也。此借《周易．說卦》之言。彼云「窮理盡性以至於命。昔者聖人之作易，將以順性命之理。」注云「命者生之極，窮理則盡其極也。」即以極字解性，性者極也。若窮其理數、盡其性能，則順於天命，故次云「以順性命之理」。今借語用之，取意則別。言徹果該因者，兼於深廣。徹究五周之果，該羅六位之因，則廣也，故廣說地位因果莫踰此經。若云因該果海、果徹因源，二互交徹，則顯深也。初發心時便成正覺，因該果也。雖得佛道不捨因門，果徹因也。上約廣義。徹果屬果、該因屬因，即明能詮之教該徹彼因果也。今約深釋，徹果屬因，以因徹彼果故；該因屬果，以果徹彼因故。即因果自相，該徹唯屬所詮。而其能詮，具明斯義。然因該果海、果徹因源，是古人之言。今欲具含深廣之義，云徹果該因耳。 > The commentary says: "Plumbing principle to the utmost, exhausting the nature, penetrating fruition and encompassing cause": this is the second part with two lines, specifically praising the deep and vast. "Principle" refers to the drift of principle; the principle is vast. "Nature" is the dharmatā; the nature of the mind is deep. If one plumbs its drift of principle to the utmost, one exhausts its essential nature. Now in this sūtra, both purport and essential nature are thoroughly exhausted. This borrows words from the "Shuogua" of the Zhouyi, which says: "Plumbing principle to the utmost and exhausting the nature, so as to arrive at destiny. In ancient times, the sages made the Changes in order to accord with the principle of nature and destiny." The commentary says: "Destiny is the ultimate of life; plumbing principle to the utmost exhausts its ultimate." That is, it glosses "nature" with the word "ultimate": nature is the ultimate. If one plumbs its principle and numbers to the utmost and exhausts its natural capacity, it accords with the Mandate of Heaven; hence it continues, "in order to accord with the principle of nature and destiny." Here the phrasing is borrowed and used, but the intended meaning is different. As for "penetrating fruition and encompassing cause", this encompasses both deep and vast. Penetrating to the utmost the fruition of the five cycles and encompassing the causes of the six stages is the vast; hence, in extensively expounding the causes and fruitions of the stages, nothing surpasses this sūtra. If one says that the cause encompasses the ocean of fruition, and the fruition penetrates the source of the cause, the two mutually interpenetrating, this reveals the deep. When bodhicitta is first generated, one immediately achieves correct awakening: this is cause encompassing fruition. Even though one attains the Buddha path, one does not abandon the door of cause: this is fruition penetrating cause. The above is in terms of the vast meaning: penetrating fruition belongs to fruition, and encompassing cause belongs to cause, clarifying that the expressive teaching encompasses and penetrates those causes and fruitions. Now, explained in terms of the deep: penetrating fruition belongs to cause, because cause penetrates that fruition; encompassing cause belongs to fruition, because fruition encompasses that cause. That is, the intrinsic characteristics of cause and fruition encompassing and penetrating belong solely to that which is expressed, while the expressive teaching fully clarifies this principle. However, "cause encompasses the ocean of fruition, and fruition penetrates the source of cause" are words of the ancients. Now, wishing to contain both the meanings of deep and vast, it simply says: "penetrating fruition and encompassing cause". > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.1.13) - [Next: 1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.1.15) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.1.14) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.1.14) · Pramāṇa