大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 31.45

31.45

疏「二大火喻，第二三對」者，此亦鉤鎖。第二對前已用竟，今復喻之，謂受不知報、報不知受，及心不知受、受不知心。「答前諸根受生」者，答前二難。由前問云：心性是一，何以見有諸根滿缺及受生同異？故今答云：諸根滿缺、受生同異，皆由識種。受所受報，亦依於心，如火依薪。

Regarding the commentary’s “Second, the metaphor of great fire [illustrates] the second and third pairs,” this is also an interlocking sequence. The second pair was already used above, but now it is illustrated again—namely, feeling does not know retribution, and retribution does not know feeling; and mind does not know feeling, and feeling does not know mind. “Answering the preceding [objections on] the sense faculties and receiving rebirth” answers the two objections above. Because the question above asked: “Since the mind-nature is one, why does one see the completeness and deficiency of the sense faculties and the sameness and difference of receiving rebirth?” therefore it now answers: the completeness and deficiency of the sense faculties and the sameness and difference of receiving rebirth are all due to the seeds in consciousness. Experiencing the retribution that is experienced also depends upon the mind, just as fire depends upon fuel.