[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) › 47.28 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 47.28 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 47.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [47.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.47.28) 疏「今初功高二儀而不仁」等者，即《肇論》中文，側用《老子》意。《老子》云「天地不仁，以萬物為芻狗。聖人不仁，以百姓為芻狗。」即道經道冲而用之章。注云「不仁者，不為仁恩也。」芻狗有二：河上公云「芻草狗畜，即二物也。」御注云「結芻為狗，不恃其警吠也。大意明天地聖人無心恃其仁德也。」今菩薩亦然，菩薩功高而不恃般若觀空故。「而彌昏」者，若無所知也。言高二儀者，二儀覆而不載、載而不覆，菩薩兼之。又但覆身，不能覆心及萬善等。言「明逾日月」者，日月之明不兼晝夜，大悲菩薩長燭幽昏。日月照身不能照心，菩薩智慧反此，無法不照。故下文云「不求恩報」，即不仁等義也。疏「然一一隨相皆具如下諸句離相」者，且如上向一切眾生即安置眾生於無所著法性迴向等諸句。又如《大般若》隨一離相遍歷八十餘科之相，如一清淨遍歷色等。今不欲繁文，故各併一處耳。疏「初十四句離所取相」等者，此中即具五法：一相；二想，即妄想；三名；四如如；其正智含在離妄之中。疏「性自無著」者，揀非修成無著。修成文在安置之中。疏「眾生了自性」者，自性即真如，具不變隨緣故。 > Regarding the commentary’s “Now first: its merit is higher than the two forms, yet it is not benevolent,” etc.: this is text from the Zhaolun, which indirectly employs the meaning of Laozi. Laozi says: “Heaven and earth are not benevolent, treating the ten thousand things as straw dogs. The sage is not benevolent, treating the common people as straw dogs.” This is in the chapter “The Way is empty, yet in use…” of the Daodejing. The commentary says: “Not benevolent means not acting out of benevolent grace.” There are two \[interpretations of\] “straw dogs”: Heshang Gong says: “Straw and dogs are domestic animals—namely, two things.” The imperial commentary says: “Tying straw into a dog; one does not rely on its barking to warn. The overarching meaning clarifies that heaven, earth, and the sage have no intention of relying on their benevolence and virtue.” Now the bodhisattva is also like this: the bodhisattva’s merit is high, yet does not rely on it because prajñā contemplates emptiness. “Yet ever dimmer” means as if possessing no knowledge. Saying “higher than the two forms” \[means\]: of the two forms, \[heaven\] covers but does not bear up, and \[earth\] bears up but does not cover; the bodhisattva combines both. Furthermore, they merely cover the body, but cannot cover the mind or the myriad goods, etc. Saying “its brightness surpasses the sun and moon” \[means\]: the brightness of the sun and moon does not combine day and night; the compassionate bodhisattva perpetually illuminates the dark and murky. The sun and moon illuminate the body but cannot illuminate the mind; the bodhisattva’s wisdom is the reverse of this, leaving no phenomenon unilluminated. Therefore the lower text says “not seeking requital of grace,” which is the meaning of “not benevolent,” etc. Regarding the commentary’s “However, each according with characteristics fully possesses the characteristics transcending forms as in the following phrases”: take, for instance, the preceding pariṇāmanā of establishing sentient beings in the unattached dharmatā toward all sentient beings, and other such phrases. Furthermore, as in the Mahāprajñāpāramitā, any single transcendence of characteristics traverses the characteristics of over eighty categories, just as a single purity traverses form and so forth. Here, wishing not to proliferate words, they are merely combined into each single place. Regarding the commentary’s “The first fourteen phrases transcend the characteristics of what is grasped,” etc.: herein the five dharmas are fully present: 1. characteristic; 2. thought, which is false conceptualization; 3. name; 4. suchness; and correct wisdom is contained within the transcendence of delusion. Regarding the commentary’s “by nature inherently unattached”: this excludes \[attachment\] eliminated through cultivation to achieve non-attachment. The text on cultivation and achievement is found within “establishing.” Regarding the commentary’s “sentient beings comprehend their own nature”: “own nature” is precisely tathatā, because it possesses both unchangingness and concordance with conditions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 47.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.47.27) - [Next: 47.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.47.29) - [Up: 47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.47) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.47.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.47.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.47.28) · Pramāṇa