大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 15.17

15.17

疏「其文之要至下當辯」者，八十卷初，疏中具明。意云：第七十七末，善財自云：「我以文殊故，見諸難見者。彼大功德尊，願速還瞻近。」七十九末，彌勒廣示後友，讚文殊德，令往問文殊。又云：「善男子！汝當往詣文殊師利善知識所，而問之言：『菩薩云何學菩薩行？云何入普賢行門？云何成就？云何廣大？云何隨順？云何清淨？云何圓滿？』善男子！彼當為汝分別演說。何以故？文殊師利所有大願，非餘無量百千億那由他菩薩之所能有」等。廣讚竟，次結云：「善男子！汝應往詣文殊之所，莫生疲厭。」今既無彼文殊，案《頂十五行經》，則令彌勒記言為虛。善財不依彌勒之教，先來擬往，復違昔心，又闕智照無二相文，則令後見普賢亦無因起。故今有之，諸過皆離。故云其文之要，文續義連。

Regarding the commentary's phrase “the essence of its text will be explained below”: at the beginning of the eighty-fascicle version, it is fully elucidated in the commentary. The meaning is: at the end of the seventy-seventh fascicle, Sudhana himself says: “Because of Mañjuśrī, I have seen those who are difficult to see. May I quickly return to be near and behold that lord of great merit.” At the end of the seventy-ninth, Maitreya extensively reveals the subsequent friends, praises Mañjuśrī's virtues, and bids him go ask Mañjuśrī. He also says: “Good son! You should go to the kalyāṇamitra Mañjuśrī and ask him: ‘How does a bodhisattva study bodhisattva practice? How does one enter the gate of Samantabhadra's practice? How is it accomplished? How is it broadened? How is it complied with? How is it purified? How is it consummated?’ Good son! He will distinguish and explain it for you. Why? Because the great vows that Mañjuśrī possesses cannot be matched by immeasurable hundreds of thousands of koṭis of nayutas of other bodhisattvas,” and so forth. Having extensively praised him, he then concludes: “Good son! You should go to the place of Mañjuśrī and do not give rise to weariness.” Now, if that Mañjuśrī were absent, then according to the Ding shiwu hang jing, it would render Maitreya's predictive words false. Sudhana would not comply with Maitreya's instruction, and having previously intended to go, he would also contradict his former intention; furthermore, lacking the passage on the non-dual mark of cognitive illumination, the subsequent sight of Samantabhadra would also lack a causal arising. Therefore, now that it is present, all faults are avoided. Hence it is said: “the essence of its text: the text continues and the meaning connects.”