[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) › 66.18 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 66.18 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 66.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [66.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.66.18) 疏「第三自業助成」者，然《雜集論》名建立支業，各具二業故，全同今經。依本論，初觀中二，先總解二因、後別解此段。前中，一總標、二「遠公」下敘昔、三「他因小通」下辨違。以知無明異行故許其通，而又不知無明望行具自他義，但為他因故，故小通耳。言「自因有妨」者，以違論故。論主既引無明因緣生行，證離前支則無後支，明以無明為前、行為後矣。況自因緣內，無有無明生無明支。四「今謂」下申今正義。於中二：先別明、後總結。前中二因，皆先正明、後「故大悲」下引二觀為證。大悲觀中冥性，即外道之自生，與自性義同，故以他因破其自生。自生即外道從他生義，故以自因破其他生。一切相智中，他因乃前，為後之方便；自因即為因緣之相。此義極顯。故舉酪喻正喻自因亦喻他因，酪不從自生，必假乳為因故。此則乳為酪家他因，以乳非酪故，要從乳生，不從蒲石等生故。乳為酪家自因，以若不要從乳生者，因同非因故。若無他義，乳即是酪，俱失因果。 > Regarding the commentary's statement, "Third, one's own karma aids in completion": Now, the Abhidharmasamuccayavyākhyā terms this "establishing the karma of the limbs", each possessing two kinds of karma, perfectly coinciding with the present sūtra. According to the original treatise, within the first contemplation there are two parts: first, a general explanation of the two causes, and later, a separate explanation of this passage. Within the former: first, a general identification; second, from "Venerable Huiyuan" downward, reciting former views; third, from "The other cause slightly works" downward, analyzing discrepancies. Because he recognized that avidyā is different from saṃskāra, he permitted its coherence, yet he still failed to understand that avidyā, viewed in relation to saṃskāra, possesses the senses of both self and other; taking it solely as another cause, it only slightly works. As for "taking it as one's own cause is problematic", this is because it contradicts the treatise. Since the treatise master cited the conditions of avidyā giving rise to saṃskāra to prove that in the absence of a preceding limb there is no subsequent limb, it clearly takes avidyā as the preceding and saṃskāra as the subsequent. How much less, within one's own cause and conditions, could there be an avidyā giving rise to the limb of avidyā! Fourth, from "We now state" downward, the present correct meaning is set forth. Within this are two parts: first, explaining separately; later, a general conclusion. In the former, regarding the two causes, both are first directly clarified, and then, from "Hence in Great Compassion" downward, the two contemplations are cited as proof. In the contemplation of Great Compassion, the "dark nature" (prakṛti) is the non-Buddhists' production from self, sharing the same sense with svabhāva; hence, using "other cause" refutes their production from self. Production from self is the non-Buddhists' meaning of production from another; hence, using "own cause" refutes their production from another. In the cognition of all aspects, the other cause is the antecedent, serving as the upāya for the subsequent; the own cause is the characteristic of cause and condition. This meaning is extremely evident. Hence, the curd metaphor directly illustrates the own cause and also illustrates the other cause: curd does not arise from itself, but must depend on milk as its cause. Here, milk is the other cause of the curd, because milk is not curd; it must arise from milk, and does not arise from reeds, stones, and the like. Milk is the own cause of the curd, because if it were not required to arise from milk, cause would be identical with non-cause. If there were no sense of other, milk would simply be curd, and both cause and effect would be lost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 66.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.66.17) - [Next: 66.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.66.19) - [Up: 66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.66) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.66.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.66.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.66.18) · Pramāṇa