大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 67.49

67.49

疏「不言初際生」下，通上中際因緣生。言「意顯無初故」者，約俗諦門，無明無始故。從「今不起妄」下，反釋論意，故云不生。今即中際不起愛取，何有後際生老死耶？

Regarding the commentary from "It does not say that it arises in the initial limit" downward: this resolves the arising through causes and conditions of the middle limit above. The phrase "The intention is to reveal that there is no beginning" is from the standpoint of the conventional truth gate, because avidyā is beginningless. From "now not giving rise to delusion" downward, it explains the intent of the treatise in the negative, and thus says "does not arise." If one now does not give rise to craving and grasping in the middle limit, how could there be the birth, old age, and death of the future limit?