大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 2.10

2.10

Regarding the commentary's statement, "The myriad practices spread out profusely, like flowers blossoming upon brocade": this is the tenth, the gate of the distinct repositories of pure and mixed possessing [all] virtues. This name is found in the ten profundities of Zhixiang; however, it has two senses, which is why Xianshou changed it to the gate of the unhindered mastery of breadth and narrowness. First, if accord with principle is taken as pure and the myriad practices as mixed, then this is the unhindered interpenetration of phenomenon and principle, not the unhindered interpenetration of phenomenon and phenomenon. Suppose that for a bodhisattva great compassion is pure, so that to the exhaustion of the future limits he is seen only practicing compassion while his other practices are like empty space. If, in terms of the gate of the mixed, he cultivates the myriad practices together, these two gates are distinct, and this also does not constitute the unhindered interpenetration of phenomenon and phenomenon. Second, if taking the single gate of giving, all the myriad dharmas are entirely called giving, and therefore it is called pure; yet this gate of giving is itself endowed with the practices of all the [other] perfections, and therefore it is called mixed. In this way, pure and mixed do not obstruct each other, and so it is called possessing [all] virtues; thus the meaning of the unhindered interpenetration of phenomenon and phenomenon is established. Furthermore, when one contains all the perfections, if all the perfections remain preserved it is called the gate of mutual entry; if all the perfections are dissolved, it further resembles the gate of mutual identity. Therefore, he did not retain it and changed it to breadth and narrowness. Now, because Zhixiang merely applied this to practice with a slight difference, and this passage briefly omits host and companion, he again presented it here to establish the ten meanings. As for the expression "like flowers blossoming upon brocade," the intended meaning draws upon five-colored threads: though the colors of the flowers are distinct, each and every thread runs straight through. Running through serves as a metaphor for the pure; being distinct serves as a metaphor for the mixed; thus, being constantly running-through and constantly distinct is called unhindered. It is not like embroidered paintings that are merely distinct without running through the aforementioned ten profundities. This briefly sets forth the broad framework; the full explanation is as found below in the section on doctrinal scope.