大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 3.22

3.22

疏「出現品云：如日初出先照高山」者，彼文云「譬如日出，先照須彌山等諸大山王，次照黑山，次照高原，然後普照一切大地。日不作念：我先照此、後照於彼。但以山地有高下故，照有先後。如來應正等覺亦復如是，成就無邊法界智輪，常放無礙大智光明，先照菩薩摩訶薩等諸大山王，次照緣覺，次照聲聞，次照決定善根眾生，隨其心器示廣大智，然後普照一切眾生，乃至邪定亦皆普及，為作未來利益因緣，令成熟故。而彼如來大智日光不作是念：我當先照菩薩大行，乃至後照邪定眾生。但放光明平等普照，無礙無障，無所分別。」釋曰：始成便說《華嚴》，是照菩薩山王。此明是先大後小。

Regarding [the passage in] the Commentary: "The 'Manifestation Chapter' says: 'Just as when the sun first rises, it first shines upon the high mountains'": that text states: 'Just as when the sun rises, it first shines upon the great kings of mountains such as Mount Sumeru, next shines upon the dark mountains, next shines upon the plateaus, and afterward universally shines upon the entire great earth; and the sun does not think: "I will first shine here and afterward shine there," but rather, because the mountains and plains have higher and lower elevations, its illumination has precedence and sequence; the Tathāgata, Arhat, Samyaksambuddha is also like this: having accomplished the wheel of wisdom of the boundless dharmadhātu, he constantly emits the unobstructed light of great wisdom, first shining upon the great mountain kings such as the bodhisattva mahāsattvas, next shining upon the pratyekabuddhas, next shining upon the śrāvakas, next shining upon sentient beings with determinate good roots, revealing vast wisdom in accordance with the capacity of their minds, and afterward universally shining upon all sentient beings, even reaching those in wrong determinacy, to create for them the causes and conditions for future benefit and bring them to maturity. Yet that sun of the Tathāgata's great wisdom does not think: "I shall first shine upon the great practices of the bodhisattvas and afterward shine upon sentient beings in wrong determinacy"; it merely emits light and shines universally and equally, unhindered and unobstructed, without discrimination.' Explanation: Upon first achieving [enlightenment], he immediately preached the Avataṃsaka; this is shining upon the bodhisattvas, the mountain kings. This clarifies that the great comes first and the small follows.